Stewards of the Earth

I am surprised to say this, but I fully agree with you.

It should not matter that we are Evangelical, or Islamic, or Atheist, what matters is that we need to take care of our planet, that we need to clean up our messes, and the messes of our forefathers, and keep our planet alive and beautiful. Yes, there are many mistakes that mankind has made, such as the eradication of species, and the introducion, either accidental or purposfull, of plants and animals to an alien enviornmant, that we will never be able to fix, but we must do our best to solve these problems, and adapt to the environment that Earth gives us, whether it be the current climates we have, or the climates we have after the inevitable climate shifts.

I love that you have highlighted a very important fact in the whole argument. It is not just about whether or not 'global warming' is happening. The central point of the argument is something far more profound and important, though I disagree with the point about our 'stewardship'.

We are not the stewards of the earth. My belief is that we are the earth. We were borne from the earth, and we will return to the earth when we die. We belong here, as does every single organism that has ever lived, with one very important exception - we can realise it and we can celebrate it. I would like to think that every belief system and institutionalised religion on earth could respect and believe in that idea.

To disrespect the earth is to disrespect our home, our people, our family and ourselves. To respect and to celebrate it is to truly live out two of the greatest things we can do as people.  

Stewards of the earth, a good expression. Cleaning the environment a good idea even if you don't believe in man made Global Warming. If you do believe in  man made GW and think it going to get very bad whatever we do, we should act so it doesn't get even worse.

For a number of reasons, I believe 2008 will be a watershed year for the global warming debate. The arch denier will leave office, scientists will have had more time to study the results from the Calipso sattelite and the summer Arctic Ice melt picture will be a lot clearer.

Many on both sides of the arguement have made clear predictions for 2008.