Edward O. Wilson: Creation

The protection of the planet in something that should cross all political, scientific and religious borders. The planet and our need for it, unites all of mankind in a manner that I believe nothing else could. The loss of biodiversity that not caring for the planet could be catastrophic, not only in the loss of wild and plant life, which in itself is a reason to go green, but as well as the loss of the potential good that those plants and animals could have brought into such fields as medicine, the loss of wildlife could lead to the down fall of the ecosystem that lies in a delicate balance; where each animal contributes to the balance of it all, that is each animal except us humans.

As stated by E.O. Wilson if we do not make changes today or in the very near future global warming could cause the loss of one-quarter of all life on the planet. And if not fix the planet could eventually lose fifty percent of all life in the next century. I find it remarkable that in the 3.5 billion years on Earth when life has existed on it, it took humans only about 200 years to deplete and destroy it. The effects of humans before was minimal but not until more recently have we taken so much and destroyed so much, with pollution, over population, over harvesting, and the introduction of animals outside of their proper ecosystem, with little regard to what we are doing.

The call to action from Edward O. Wilson is specifically towards Evangelicals but I believe should should all stand up together and take action as mankind to care for the planet we call home.