For a good while now, we've been contemplating where everything lives here on Earth; in a word, it's the biosphere. Nowadays, the most profound debate is about climate change (Cr) and how that affects the biosphere, yet we don't call it biosphere change (Br). We mostly leave unsaid what we really mean by that, which is bad biosphere change (ßBr).
The climate debate is the key issue of our time because of the range of possible outcomes facing humanity; from minuscule barely perceptible impacts to an irreversible humanity-ending catastrophic impact. Whether you believe in global warming, climate change, or whatever else it is called, there is one thing which seems to get overlooked, and that is; climate improvement is a good thing regardless of your viewpoint. We all try to improve where and how we live, don't we?
"Climate improvement is a good thing regardless of your viewpoint about climate change
What can we do to improve our home, in our biosphere, on our planet, the one that we all affectionately call "Mother Earth"? Wouldn't most agree that everyone loves their Mother and works for her safe harbour for as long as possible?
Mother Earth deserves no less, and yet we have not yet been able to connect the dots on how best to do that collectively - in ways that transcend all other earthly pursuits. Indeed, if there was ever to be a need for a human singularity of purpose, then this is it.
Surely, we all want to do our bit to improve the Earth; to make the home we already live in as best it can possibly be?
Many say we treat the atmosphere, the very air we breathe, like an open sewer. Of course, not everyone does that knowingly, but that misses the point of this intended-to-shock analogy. It's not just the air: the point is that 'we' are tipping toxic stuff into the atmosphere, rivers, oceans, and soils - all the biosphere that actually keeps us all alive.
We are changing our planet in undesirable life-threatening ways by polluting, stripping, burning, overusing, depleting finite resources, badly managing our environment and a myriad of other 'bad' things. What we need to do is improve it. Whether you call it air-quality improvement (AÝ), biosphere improvement (BÝ), or climate improvement (CÝ) does not matter, just work to improve it. You'll be better off, and we'll all be better off.
"If you do good things for the Mother Earth, she will do good things for you
Here's the thing, if you do your bit to improve the Earth, you deserve to be rewarded, don't you? That's the other thing that has struck me about the 'biosphere debate'. The lack of rewards for good behaviour - for anyone and everyone.
So for the record, my New Year's resolution is to continually work in any and all ways to reward everyone for good behaviours towards climate improvement (CÝ).
I'll leave it to you have your say about how our collective society monitors and enforces those acting with bad behaviours and ill intent towards Mother Nature. The extent to which those treating our biosphere like an 'open sewer' deserve to incur humanity's wrath is a matter for you to consider and act upon to. However, time is short and the greater effort is to actually 'do' something constructive to help our good ol' Mother Nature - now.
I invite you to join in this 'positive' approach; after all, it is a challenge most worthy of you. Drop me a line - any way you can - and let's get working on it?
In future, I propose using these shorthand symbols:
- Air-quality (Ar), Biosphere change (Br), Climate change (Cr)
- Air Improvement (AÝ), Biosphere Improvement (BÝ), Climate Improvement (CÝ)
- Air Decline (Aß), Biosphere Decline (Bß) Climate Decline (Cß)
At the dawn of 2018, Happy New Year(s) to all. I for one will do my best to create CÝ. It's the only way I can think of that genuinely helps to sustain everyone. It's as simple as A, B, C.
AÝ+BÝ+CÝ= ò(very happy Mother Nature)¥
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