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Earth - Designed for Biodiversity. Life will find a Way!
Kasi, Rayappa A.
Kasi, Rayappa A.
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"Some people still believe that it’s not their responsibility. Some people convince themselves that “it’s not happening.” Or that “it’s not my planet.” If this is not my planet, whose is it? If this is not my family, whose is it? If not my responsibility, whose? I am both the victim and the victimizer. I am the cause and I am the cure. When I act out of this realization, I act not out of guilt but out of self-love, a love that includes my family, which includes my planet. Planet Earth is wounded and bleeding in front of you. Many of us don’t give a damn about it, leaving the planet nonetheless vulnerable, still waiting for the Good Samaritan. You are the Good Samaritan! When I look, I see. When I educate myself, I break through my denial and see that humankind is facing an absolutely unprecedented crisis. When I act from this knowledge, I act not out of obligation or idealism, but because I live in a straw house and I smell smoke. I realize the truth that, in Dr. Krishnamurti’s words—”You are the world, and the world is on fire.” Perhaps it is time for another leap. It is time to begin to go beyond our individual families to attend to the human family. Of the thirtyfive thousand people who die of starvation each day, the large majority are children. Whose children are these? If we are the human family, these are our children, pure and simple." (p. vi)
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2010
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