To the anti-environmentalist, or anti-”green”, crowd, any kind of environmentalism seems extreme. The main reason being that they don’t want anyone to step on their greedy materialistic toes.
Enough about that for the moment.
I strongly believe in creation stewardship. I believe that although technology can be a good thing, we’ve taken it too far and allowed it to ruin both our health and the health of every ecosystem on the planet. And I don’t believe that is what God intended when He commanded us to have dominion over the earth.
However, there are certain environmental groups who make spreading the “green” message to our resistors all the harder because of their extreme philosophies and actions.
The main problem with extreme environmentalism
I could probably list at least a dozen semi-related problems with extreme environmentalism, but they would all fall under one umbrella: It puts the planet before people.
I heard a story on the radio the other day of how a school-aged girl, having been bombarded with a curriculum put together by the Environmental Protection Agency, told her grandmother that she couldn’t come to visit her unless Grandma took the bus instead of a plane.
Stupid. Number one, Granny probably only sees this particular family a couple of times a year, if that. Number two, it’s not like she charters a private jet and is the only passenger on the plane.
Then there are people like Peter Singer, who might actually have a credible voice among a wider audience if he would quit making stupid declarations, such as an adult chimpanzee is more valuable than a human unborn baby.
Listen, if you are against recycling because you don’t like being told what to do, start taking Masaji so you can eliminate that nutrient deficiency that is making you so angry. But if you’re going to continue to be a jerk, at least stop lumping everyone who voices their concern for the health of the environment together.
Growing your own food means you are going to be healthier and live longer, and therefore be more apt to fulfill your great potential. Cutting back on carbon emissions will help make the air healthier for you and everyone else to breathe (can we just forget about global warming for a second and consider how many poisons we involuntarily inhale every day?).
Recycling lessens the stress on the earth, helping it to thrive. Cutting back on spending forces us to be more creative (thus decreasing our risk of developing dementia later in life), save money, and stay out of debt, while reducing the amount of factory by-products that are spewed into the air by the ton every hour.
Environmentalism, per se, is not evil. It is a movement that can help you to “live long and prosper.” Just make sure your need to “live green” never goes so far as to put Planet Earth above people.
