On Saving Earth

People keep on telling the panda to "help in the efforts to save the planet." But Mother nature has always pursued her destiny. What she is experiencing now is nothing compared to billions of years of what she had to go through: great floods, extinction of almost all living creatures, great tectonic earthquakes, ice age, asteroids, reversal of the magnetic poles, etc. All of these happened without human intervention; she survived it gracefully and turned out to be fine.

Mother Earth does not need us. The universe does not need us. The universe did not create earth specifically for humans. Humans are not the center of the universe. Mother Earth is fine, so let her take her course.

It is better to focus on solving more humanistic problems like the problem of hunger, injustice, and inequality.   This is better than spending one hour of lights out and other arrogant attempts to save earth. Humans cannot save her -- but humans can make the most of saving humanity so that it may reach its fullness. That's what is  more important.

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This is not to say that we should stop caring for the environment. Of course, we should care for the environment - to benefit humanity. But humans should be humble enough to accept the fact we cannot save the earth. If it is her time, it is her time.

First things first. First we save humans from anti-humanistic problems, before we can even think of saving the earth. We must be suspicious of those elites who use the "save the earth" campaign to personally benefit  from sponsors (like Coke and other brands) and as a theme for partying under the guise of "environmental awareness." But the fact is these elites, in reality, may not even really care at all.