Aware
of the vast emptiness surrounding us, we carefully
manage & protect our fragile life capsule
We
all know we must preserve the complex and interrelated systems which
support our very survival
All
of us realize it took literally billions of years to prepare our
life-sustaining travel environment
Everyone
is aware how razor thin is the clear atmosphere that separates us
from deadly empty space
No
one would question protecting our finite and precious water stores
from waste and pollution
Our
children learn from tender ages of the incredible wonder of this tiny
sphere that supports us
In
preserving
it, we know we protect ourselves, and yet, we know we are still
fallible in this respect
Therefore,
we monitor earthly systems with the same care we lavish upon our own
tiny space probes
We
orbit our sun as it moves around the Milky Way as it travels through
a vast & expanding universe
Our
duty is to ensure generations
invisible in the future come to witness what we cannot now
foresee
We
would never dream of tinkering with the chemical composition of the
only air we all must breath
Aware
of the disastrous effects our own overpopulation
would bring on, we self-regulate our numbers
No
one would dream of sacrificing any of our finite resources just to
turn a quick & one-time profit
Our
free market does not permit consumer demand to drive fellow
traveling species to extinction
In
our economic model, profitability must always include environmental
sustainability costs
We
all know we cannot afford to choke ourselves to death upon our own
wastes and emissions
Our
oceans are not common spaces, open for everyone to foul and abuse
without any responsibility
It
would be unthinkable for anyone to mine precious metals using toxic
chemicals & then walk away
Consumer
water, energy and trash costs increase with their usage as economic
disincentives
Manufacturers
matter-of-factly take responsibility for their packaging as well as
worn
out products
War
is not an option due to its horrible effects on every side’s one
and only earthly survival shelter
Private
citizens assiduously monitor vital local air, water & soil
conditions, all around the globe
Knowing
non-renewable petroleum-based plastics pose long-term threats, there
is no such litter
Our
forests are
tended as carefully as our gardens & the deserts are as clean
as our own backyards
Agriculture
is not the province of greedy CEOs abusing H2O, pesticides
& fertilizer - Just for bonuses
Government
doesn’t pay for diseases caused by chemical-laden food full of
subsidized sugar & fat
Domestic
animals are not factory input whose production wastes precious
resources & fouls the earth
Our
scientists are not ridiculed by politicians and their media for
research contrary to corpro-donors
Anti-environmentalism
is seen as a rare & bizarre form of suicidal tendency and treated
accordingly
No
Back-To-Nature movement will ever stir us, for we have never lost our
place in the order of things
From
an early age we are all aware of the finite provisions we carry with
us on this cosmic journey
Thus,
we carefully conserve wild places to preserve clean water, good air
and a sustaining biome
We
know we were not assigned to take
dominion over all creation by a god of our own imagination
We
don’t know if we possess eternal souls but realize that all
creatures either do, or do not
None
of us assign to His mysterious
ways the lack of meaning for the tragic events that must
occur
We
all sense our capsule’s incredible tininess & fragility
in the scale of the eternal infinite void