One With Nature

The “balance of nature” is an easily thrown around term. What exactly does it mean? People interpret it differently. To me it means a balance in the environment and its surroundings. Now when I think of nature I immediately think of Plants, animals, and all things that are naturally produced by the earth. These things all balance each other out by playing a specific role in society. For example water keeps all livings things alive and living things provide food for other living things. Everything works in cycles. Water and sunlight are taken in by a plant, then the plant is eaten by a rabbit, and the rabbit is eaten by a fox, and the fox is eaten by a bear, and then the bear is killed by a human and consumed. The chain continues for all species. Every living creature supports each other and they each have their own life cycles. Also the land gives us “creatures” something to live on. The land is our playground to live off of and experience a fulfilling life cycle.

            In today’s society I do not think nature is balanced at all. We try to keep it balanced with wildlife preserves and such but that does not work. Making a wildlife preserve is not natural. It takes away from nature taking its course. It regulates what goes on in the environment. Another corruption to the balance of nature is the production of technology. Not so much technology in the sense of phones and computers but in industry. Factories and such are creating toxic chemicals (man-made chemicals and wastes) that taint the natural world. In reality there hasn’t been a balance of nature since the first factory was made. Humans are the downfall of nature. Unless there is a way to create nontoxic chemicals or interfere with the natural world the balance will continue to plummet.

            Despite us humans taking down nature I feel there is medium that can be met. There can be a cut back of sorts to preserve the natural world. People need to care about the environment more then they should. No one seems to listen when people say that we need to make cuts on energy use and keep the earth clean. The land we live on cannot be taken for granted. It may seem like I’m getting off on a rant about the environment because I am. It is very important that we keep our and every other living thing’s world clean.

            The world is such a beautiful place and the balance of nature should be preserved. Everyone should take part in protecting nature. Instead of the saying being “treat others the way you would like to be treated” it should be “treat nature the way you would like to be treated” What no one really realizes is we are nature. We are a big part of nature, but we are at the top. Since we are at the top we rely on the other parts of the environment. We rely on the land, water, animals, and plants. They do not rely on us. The can survive with out us but we can not survive without them.