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One’s greed, indifference can lead to collective disasters
The key phrase is self-sufficiency as a nation and community, which must be able to live sustainably within its own biosphere, without isolating itself from the global community.
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In danger: An aerial survey mission by Greenpeace in Central Kalimantan shows a general view of trees in a forest on Feb. 24, 2014. The environmental group claimed to have found destruction of rainforests and the habitat of endangered species there. (AFP/Bay Ismoyo)
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undamentally, the Earth was created and prepared by God for humans before its creation, and it was already in a perfectly balanced state. Everything was planned and measured with utmost precision by the Most Perfect and Owner of all Perfections.
The entire system has run flawlessly without any defects. Despite our scientific and technological advancements humans have not been able to engineer even a single biosphere that can replicate it.
Despite the limitations of scientific and technological achievements, it is interesting to use them as a new perspective in viewing every problem in life, namely by always imagining our existence in an enormous biosphere. Thus, awareness will always grow about our existence as a part of the system as a whole.
The consequences of every action we take would not only affect ourselves but also other creatures in other places. Imagine living in such a biosphere that has been designed with such meticulousness that all its inhabitants can live and meet all their basic needs in a sustainable closed system. In a dynamic balance, the emission rate is zero, and everything is completely recycled.
Furthermore, imagine if suddenly there was a disturbance in one of the components within the system. The survival of all the inhabitants would be threatened. If the component of the system was not immediately repaired, then the destruction of the system would only be a matter of time.
When some or all of the inhabitants care for the sustainability of their biosphere, then everything is right. But what would happen if no one was aware the system had been disrupted, and they were all heading toward destruction? Of course, it is not appropriate to compare a human-made biosphere with what God created and prepared for humans and all His creation.
But at least, the following analogy can help us realize the importance of the sustainability of our planet.
