Ignorance is bliss…?
We as humans have a bigger impact on the environmental than most perceive. How many people actually think about the things they throw away; the resources that they take up; the countless amounts of pollution that we all cause. I believe that most people ignore the fact that our world is deteriorating because in all honestly most of the harsh life threatening effects will not happen until most of us are dead. The harsh climates, the ravenous mountains of trash; did you know that the average person creates 1,600 pounds of trash? Now how do you think this affects the other living creatures around us, around the world? We cannot just ignore this because we do not see it. Our job is a simple one; it is to take care of the world that takes care of all of us. That is just mutual respect; it is simply the humane thing to do.
Issues, issues, issues! ... Funny sounding word by the way
Humans affect the bio diversity of living things in a great fashion. By the quality of our work as stewards we are the ones who decide how our world is, as well as how everything interacts with one another. As an example of how great human intervention is with the rest of the inhabitants of the world is the fact of genetic modification being widely used as a way to alter the imperfections of the natural ways of the world. Whether people notice it or not genetic modification is apparent in many of the foods we eat. Most of the produce that we buy has been genetically altered to become more appealing to the human palate while having a trade off of nutrients for size and quantity. This is so prominent that almost all of the food we eat has been affected by genetic modification one way or another. The agricultural business heavily relies on GMO’s (genetically modified organisms) to keep up with the trends of the consumers. As consumers we want things big and large, and so massively abundant that we do not have to worry about consuming to our somewhat greedy fill. Nobody wants to eat a cow if it is the last cow of the world and no one has any more cows left to eat. I guess we are just nice like that… in a twisted sort of way. Genetic modification has the ability to alter the size of the produce or the live stock it so chooses to, it also can improve on breeding the animal or plant at a faster rate to keep up with demands. Now this sounds like there is nothing wrong with it. Who doesn’t want a stockpile of meat at a very reasonable price? Genetic modification introduces plants and animals into ecosystems that could lead to very devastating effects to the already existing species. There is also a possibility of “super weeds” being a truth as plants become resistant to herbicides which is due to the genetic modification giving them these “super abilities”. Humans are not meant to alter the way nature is, it is not our jobs as stewards. Our job is to take care of the world and not mess with it. Let’s ponder on this for a second: if you were instructed to take care of someone’s house during their absence; would it make much sense to remodel without the owner’s permission just to satisfy the keeper’s needs? Who are we, as humans, to have the right to do such a thing? Do we really want gigantic man eating pumpkins that badly?
Conclusion… That’s a funny word as well
I believe that humans should just live the way nature intended, by living off reasonably sized products. Jokes aside, because we are just stewards of the world, I think that we should reduce our intervention, even one step at a time, because we all agree on the fact that it is not an easy thing to do to support only organic products as well as actions. The price of organic food is considerably higher as it takes much more work to produce as well as having less quantity then genetically modified food. How about everyone reading this blog taking a moment and purchasing an organic carrot and enjoying it with natural flavorings such dirt… or maybe not, salad dressing is fine too I guess.
- Genetically modified food = 
Websites used:
http://www.wisegeek.com/how-much-garbage-does-a-person-create-in-one-year.htm
http://www.africabio.com/pdf/Genetic%20Modification%20and%20Biodiversity.pdf
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-genetic-engineering.html
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