12\u00a0 bar rise 30.37\u00a0 0mph NNE\u00a0 windchill 12<\/p>\n
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When I was\u00a0young, I visited my mother’s parents in Morristown, Indiana.\u00a0 My grandpa Charlie Keaton was a character and grandma, his wife Mabel, was a bit loony.\u00a0\u00a0 She had some very cool children’s books though and one, the title I can’t recall, involved a Weatherman who\u00a0somehow let loose all the winds at the same time.\u00a0 The book had pictures of him flying the skies trying to rebag the winds.\u00a0 The bags had colorful ribbons and he was an old, gnarled white-bearded man.\u00a0 March always reminds me of the Weatherman.\u00a0 And Mabel.<\/p>\n
Watched an hour’s worth of “Aftermath:\u00a0 zero population” on Nat Geo.\u00a0 Kate has the book The World Without Us<\/u> which has the same premise.\u00a0 Both imagine the world if humans just vanished, what would happen.\u00a0 Toxic chemicals would release, zoo animals and pets would escape or die, nuclear reactors would melt down and so on.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The concept has me riveted right now, but as I watched the program I began to feel uneasy.\u00a0 Granted we are anthropocentric.\u00a0Granted that anthropocentrism has caused a hell of lot of problems for the planet and especially other animal species we eat.\u00a0\u00a0Granted that we could and must find a way to flow with the movement of nature rather than push against it.\u00a0 Having stipulated all that I can’t help but stand up for my species.\u00a0 Humans are a successful animal. That may not be all we are, but it is certainly what we are.<\/p>\n
These programs feel anti-human to me and that steps over the line.\u00a0 We have a responsibility to ensure our own survival just like every raccoon, cockroach and hippopotamus.\u00a0 With our level of consciousness and awareness of our impact on our environment we have a positive ethical responsiblity to live with rather than against the planet, yes; but, we need to eat and breed and grow, too.<\/p>\n
The Great Work is not to eliminate humans, but to figure out a way for us to turn ourselves in alignment with Gaia rather than against her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
12\u00a0 bar rise 30.37\u00a0 0mph NNE\u00a0 windchill 12 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New Moon (of Winds) When I was\u00a0young, I visited my mother’s parents in Morristown, Indiana.\u00a0 My grandpa Charlie Keaton was a character and grandma, his wife Mabel, was a bit loony.\u00a0\u00a0 She had some very cool children’s books though and one, the title I can’t … Continue reading Getting Rid of All the People<\/span>