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An Alarm Call For A Sleeping Population

from Bury The Past : Build The Future by Active Minds

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For centuries, human beings have talked on "conquering" nature, as if we're oblivious to the fact that we depend on the planet's natural resources for our very existence.
Regardless of how dominant we may appear to be, we are reliant on the natural world. The results of our conquering behaviour are plain to see. Resource depletion, famine, pollution - all are symptom's of mankind's obsession with an unsustainable lifestyle - taking more from the Earth than can be replenished. We have buried our heads in the sand, through a combination of arrogance and ignorance.
The next twenty years or so need to involve a massive change in human attitudes and lifestyles if we're going to safeguard a future for the human race. Politicians and industrialists may now pay lip service to the fact that we can't go on like this, but those words have yet to transform into a meaningful change in the way we live. Our aspirations need to change - to seek to live within the limits of the planet we depend on. It's up to all of us. The time is now.

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It’s time to wake up and smell the shit. The world’s a mess - we’ve got to try to change it. We’re sinking fast - there’s no time to lose. Can we turn it around? It’s for us all to choose. Natural resources are being depleted, yet we act as if the Earth must be defeated and brought under control for humankind’s use. With this attitude we place all our heads in a noose. You say, “We’re the guardians of the Earth.” Well, who appointed us such? Do you think the Earth can’t exist without humanity’s touch? We abuse it routinely, and then wonder who’s to blame when the planet starts groaning under the strain. Will we be in time to see that we must start living in harmony, or will we only realise as the human race finally dies?

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from Bury The Past : Build The Future, released September 1, 2011

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