Biodiversity (post #14)

We as humans share our planet and home with an estimated 100 million other unique species. The worlds biodiversity is what makes earth such a great place. All of these 100 million organisms work together in a perfect harmony and balance, sustaining themselves and each other. humans have lived as equals with all other species for a good amount of time. A good amount of time, until around the industrial revolution when we started to do some major damage to the balance of the earth. Since the revolution biodiversity as been on a rapid decline with thousands of species going extinct all the time. Some people see this as a "natural" process. Their argument is that the superior species is taking over, and we deserve to take over because we're "superior". I don't think the world could sustain only humans, it would be an awfully crowded and dirty place... If it ever came to the point where we were one of the only organisms left in the world. Organisms are dying out because of pollution, deforestation, humans taking over land. We can work to prevent this if we start to care for our earth. Biodiversity is important for the health of humans, tree's provide us with fresh air while cows give us food. And this is just a very very general statement of what the organisms of this earth offer for us. Not to mention making our world an aesthetically pleasing place to live in. We must protect our world for the next 150 years at all costs, because this is a very crucial time for development. We must learn how to pollute less, and conserve more.