The story told about Paul Rockich and his restoration of the Oquirrh Mountains show that it is possible to fix what we have destroyed. It will be difficult, but it isn't impossible. Though stories like this are still few and far between. I hope that some day, the human race (specifically, republicans) will realize how important efforts like Paul's are to restore Earth's natural beauty.
"This discussion about healing earth's scars illustrates that, through combination of human determination, scientific know-how, and the resilience of nature, even badly compromised habitats can be restored..."
About 65 million years ago, on a March day, somewhere in what is now Mexico, a big rock landed on the ground, releasing energy 2 million times greater than the most powerful nuclear bomb. This created a huge cloud of ash, which, within a 24-hour period, killed virtually all megafauna on the planet. If one were to have witnessed this event, it's safe to assume that they would think no life could ever return to this planet. It's irradiated the animals, poisoned the atmosphere, and completely changed the course of history. But, as we know, the world did not lose its ability to harbor life, and after a few million years, megafauna have returned. I don't think that anything we do to this planet will cause a complete irradiation of life, but if we want to still exist, we should probably try to not make the problem any worse.
"Without all the other men and women who are working so hard to conserve and protect our plants and their environments, our planet would be a poorer place."
And that's what this class is trying to do, isn't it? Create more environmentalists to fix the problems that we've all had a hand in causing? Let's hope it's as effective as the creators of Colloquium intended.
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