If we apply our minds directly and competently to the needs of the earth, then we will have begun to make fundamental and necessary changes in our minds. We will begin to understand and to mistrust and to change our wasteful economy, which markets not just the produce of the earth, but also the earth's ability to produce. We will see that beauty and utility are alike dependent upon the health of the world. But we will also see through the fads and the fashions of protest. We will see that war and oppression and pollution are not separate issues, but are aspects of the same issue. Amid the outcries for the liberation of this group or that, we will know that no person is free except in the freedom of other persons, and that man's only real freedom is to know and faithfully occupy his place - a much humbler place than we have been taught to think - in the order of creation.(pg.89, "Think Little") .Wendell Berry
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This quote is very important for us today. We are all responsible for the environment. There is no point in complaining about it or doing absolutely nothing about it, as that would still mean that the world will be destroyed. We should all start thinking about our actions and try to do what we can to turn things around.
We should also think about the future of the planet and how it will look like if we continue to destroy it. For instance, if we continue to pollute the earth and release too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, then there will be a lot more climate change and a lot less rainfalls. If we continue to put too much rubbish on the streets, then there will be a lot more fires and a lot less land for plants to grow on.
The same goes for any other issue that we have been neglecting or ignoring, such as poverty, racism, sexism, etc.
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