A FADING PARADISE! MAY THE GARDEN (EARTH) BE SAVED?

The Connection Between Climate Change and an Overpopulation as the Root Cause

♡ This remains a global subject matter, thus irrespective of which country one may reside, one ought please consider signing this petition for change, that the affirmation of nations may be recognized, delivered as a silent truth to those decision makers whom may enact such change ♡

* This petition provides excerpts of statistical data on the matter, that inquiring minds may be duly informed and in turn due consideration may be given. The full article which inclusively discusses Anthropogenics, Climate Change, Overpopulation, Pesticides, Plastics, Eco-Measures, Environmental Degradation, Water Conservation and more, may be read here *

THE MATTER:

While Climate Change and Overpopulation remain sensitive subject matters, it is imperative that every human being considers the root cause of the climates change, as well as the societal and economical effects and/or impacts of an ever-growing populace, and what hindrance such poses towards a sustainable future upon this beautiful blue planet (gifted to man as treasure, to be as home and guardian over).

Climate Change has been openly determined by various credible agencies to be Anthropogenic in nature, which remains indicative of ecological change caused and/or influenced by the populace, irrespective of whether it remains direct and/or indirect in nature. Climate Change denotes the certainty that a Global Warming has been established, to which an abnormal ongoing increase in global average temperature remains the course, resulting in escalating health hindering temperatures, increased drought and desertification, unrestrainable wildfires and unpredictable damaging weather, to mention but a mere few.

The term Overpopulation (of which matter was brought to first light during the international World Population Conference of 1927), which is often used in conjunction with Climate Change, has brought about some controversy, as it seemingly poses to be in conflict with humanities right toward reproduction, as well as appears to hinder the free-will of the human being to do what is befitting for a pleasant and comfortable existence, however humanity must thoroughly consider if this indeed holds true? 

Conveying the presence of an Overpopulation in truth has nothing to do with hindering the wishes of, or suppressing the rights of man, but in reality serves to preserve man (and all life), by providing due caution to humanity (bring warning), that an evident and/or factual danger has arisen from an imbalanced state of living (way of life), out-of-harmony with nature, whereby the population of the human beings has increased to an extent which exceeds the carrying capacity of the ecological setting (planet).

Accordingly, humanity ought observably assess their surroundings regarding this truth, fathom the probability of its cause and in turn cognize the effect. For if it were justly bestowed upon humanity to act as caregiver over fauna, flora and the entirety of lesser life (as protector), to preserve such in accordance with the Laws of Creation (which significantly entails the Law of Oneness and Law of Causality), how may then humanity reason unheeding this responsibility, to simply proceed in ceaselessly taking much to fashion that way of life (at all costs and to no end) and not take due notice of such indifference?

While an unconcernedness in regards to these matters lies broadly amid the populace, this heedlessness truly does not include all human beings, however and responsibly, humanity must be addressed as it truly stands, which is as an Indivisible Individuum. For across all lands and all seas, we rely on one another in some way, shape, or form (whether via the sharing of resources, or other aid, etc.), as no country, or peoples, remains upon the earth of an entirely self-sufficient state). Accordingly, we remain responsible for each other, as well as the fate of the fauna, flora, nature and the entirety of the planet itself, of which we have been bestowed (as individuals and as an individuum). Thereupon, it remains so for every human being, in and of themself, to consider the following and determine of which human being they truly are and/or shall strive to become (heedful or heedless), for if only increased struggle, deprivation and annihilation is the state of the world humanity bestows upon its descendants, is man truly acting accordingly and just, upon increasing in number?

Whenever the life of the human being remains in question or of threat, when Crimes Against Humanity (Genocide) persist, the hearts of many swell, however upon any other life remaining in grave danger or facing utter extinction, woefully a numbing of the heart and blindness ensues amid many, in such that very little (to no efforts at all), are made to prevent such disasters. It has become increasingly so, that amid this fast-paced, high-consumer, technologically-advanced driven era, the average human being remains mostly in focus of the own daily work-life balance and enjoyment, to which outward concernedness regarding the whole fades away, thus those whom do not concern themselves with such, remain unable to fathom how the everyday human being plays a central contributing role toward the ever-growing climate crisis.

Fathoming such first and foremost requires that every human being heeds not only their responsibility for their individual well-being (caring for oneself), but likewise their responsibility toward thy neighbor, fauna, flora, nature (the Creation) and the planet alike in its entirety (the collective). In such, heeding the earth as having been gifted to man as home and in observing man as the highest of consciousness-created life upon earth, the greatest of responsibility ought then be recognized as belonging to Mankind itself. As in the old adage “With great power comes great responsibility”, to which this telling aphorism has been presented in various forms by countless philosophers, scholars and notable figures of times past, such as Cicero, Churchill, Voltaire, Homer, Ibn Umar and Jmmanuel, to which its understanding emphasized the recognition and obligation of individuals (the human being) to behave ethically (on behalf of the whole) and likewise to utilize ones knowledge for the benefit of the collective (rather than solely for ones self-gain), or to cause harm.

Thus, let it be so, that by way of understanding the fundamental vital interconnectedness between an ever-growing populace and the increasing erratic change in climate, may one truly fathom the ways in which the human being encourages Crimes Against the Planetary (Ecocide). Amid this New Age (Golden Age) of Man, at long last have more progressive efforts been set forth by environmental and scientific agencies to begin to fathom the true cause and effect of the evident escalating change in climate, to which organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Population Media Center (PMC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and Earth.org have openly advocated and determined the source of the climates change as having been Anthropogenic in nature. Anthropogenic affirms the certitude of pollution and/or environmental change having explicitly originated from human activity, respectively ecological change caused and/or influenced by the populace (irrespective of being direct and/or indirect in nature).

An ever-growing population and/or overpopulation principally only increases the demand for all forms of resources (i.e. natural, biological, economical, whether renewable, non-renewable, biotic, abiotic, etc.), which leads to resource strain and/or total depletion. Overpopulation results in higher emissions, resulting in greenhouse gases, environmental degradation and climate change; as well as perpetuates socioeconomic strains such as equal opportunity and unemployment, inequality, poverty and starvation, and infrastructure strains resulting in public service overcrowding, housing inadequacy and increased public and social conflict, and correspondingly health strains which result in the spread of disease and incite disease mutation, and increased outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics, etc., to make mention but of a mere few.

If any of the aforestated effects may be presently observed within the environment, then an Overpopulation as the root cause no longer remains mere speculation but indeed has become reality and its truth! It is quite often spoken of resource and/or food scarcity, as well as increased natural disaster and equally of environmental decay, yet the origins to which these stem continue to remain ununderstood by many, to which these have become so far-reaching that the aid and cooperation of the masses (the whole) is indeed necessitated to expend true profound efforts of value, to which control may be gained and broad success achieved.

It regrettably remains the case, that due to the current state of unknowledgeness and/or unconcernedness of the masses, as well as the wrongly directed world endeavors amid many of those in position of authority (with primary focus on capitalism, wealth, luxury, profit, comfort, leisure, status, etc.), as we stand upon the precipice of ecological catastrophe, the true detrimental extent of the matter remains obscured. Surely listing the ways in which humanity indirectly and/or directly encourages environmental deprivation and degradation may be mentioned to no bounds, it however, ought more so be deeply pondered by the human being, how it has become so vastly out of control and seemingly unable to be controlled any longer, to which the root cause may be found primarily amid the mere growing mass of Overpopulation.

Consequently, while eco-friendly measures can bring about a somewhat mitigating and/or positive effect within one’s own personal sphere, what must be understood is that these measures and others of the likes (as asserted by environmental, ecological and conservational agencies and/or green groups), unfortunately cannot alone bring about the all-encompassing global effect necessitated to stop the climates change, which in truth has progressed to a devastating climate destruction.

Notwithstanding, even if all human beings indeed had the ability to undertake eco-friendly actions, for the reason that the rapid rate at which the population continues to increase annually (by the tens of million, at a ratio of 2/3-births per 1-death) makes such a climate recovery an impossibility, as long as this pattern persists. Consequently, the aforementioned measures can neither decisively remedy the matter, nor bring about an all-embracing positive effect on a global scale, due to an increasing population persistently being at the fore, to which humanity endures in consuming natural resources at a rate of 1.7 to 1.8 times faster (roughly 80%) than the planet may regenerate these resources, which remains equivalent to exhausting the resources of approximately 1.8 planets annually.

When one heeds that 75% of the populaces foodstuff derives of a mere 12-floral and 5-faunal species and likewise that whilst 71% of the earth’s surface is comprised of water, merely 0.3% remains usable water to humans, fauna and flora, and a mere 29% of land surface remains life inhabiting, an alarming realization as to just how limited resources truly are and likewise how vulnerable the global food system remains, leaves little to mystery. When one further considers the known lack of equitable access to these resources on a global scale, one may fathom why an estimated 733 to 800-million suffer from hunger and an estimated 9-million perish from starvation annually, to which the presence of an overpopulation may not simply remain ignored, for under reasonable populace values, such starvation, and thus resource scarcity, would not occur.

Correspondingly, recent studies have concluded that due to the global rapidly-growing population, the amount of farmable land per persona has greatly decreased, due to the reason that humans continue to clear these lands to settle within them, as humanity continues to multiply. Since the last known ice age, one-third of worldwide forestlands and two-thirds of grasslands have been deforested and/or cleared for the settling of the ever-growing overpopulation, to which in consequence global essential biodiversity has been greatly hindered and, in many regions, entirely destroyed, which ought awaken the human cognition to the clear presence of an overpopulation. As a direct consequence, an 85% decline in mammal biomass has ensued, to which on average 150-per day to upward of 75,000-per year, vast animal species succumb to extinction, while humanity persists in its growth.

Humanity persists in disregarding that if the planet dies, so does the habitat of life-bringing amino-acids (the building-blocks of life), micro-organisms and insects, thus vegetation becomes less possible, to which animals whom rely on such become extinct, and ultimately the human beings. One ought ponder how long may such misdeeds continue, to which the human being greatly multiplies, depleting resources quicker than they may regenerate and whether such regeneration remains possible any longer amid vast regions where the lands and air have been toxified by the human beings via their mal-practices, before a complete economic collapse and/or environmental catastrophe occurs, which may result in the extinction of the human species itself, as the human being may neither exist nor persist without living fertile lands, nor the fauna and flora alike and Nature (respectively the Creation).

THE RESOLVE (A call to action to all global decision makers as well as humanity):

One may question, what feasibly may be done to prevent such a catastrophe, to which the answer remains as simplistic as amid the exercising of moderation -aligned with- heedfulness of necessity. In such, that a sufficient stewardship of the populations growth ought ensue, to which the overpopulation is humanely brought into management (by way of limiting and/or halting procreation for a time, as needed for the securement of all life), to which the global populace is duly informed on the critical state of the matter (including, but not limited to, in-depth education regarding family planning, birth control measures, etc.), while implementing growth in measure (i.e. an ideal starting point would surround a  7-year pause -followed- by a managed 1-year growth cycle), to justly permit the natural and humane regulation (balance) of the population to unfold, as well as to permit the natural regeneration of resources to transpire.

The aforementioned resolution remains the most feasible solution, for how may a sufficient balance of populace and restoration of lands come about, when an astounding approximate 80 to 100-million human beings are added to the global population annually, whilst heeding that 90% of water stress and biodiversity loss derives primarily of the processing and/or extraction of foodstuffs, and secondarily of fuels, which contributes to half of the total greenhouse gas emissions on a global scale. However, undertaking such logical proactions as aforementioned, remains of great difficulty for many to consider, for the reason that woefully the fulfilling of the wants, wishes and desires of humanity, prevails over what is truly just and of vital necessity to the whole of life. A 7-year birth pause would greatly relieve resource strain and allow resource rejuvenation to ensue (which would likewise befittingly require the restorative efforts of humanity), as well as permit natural-selection to unfold, as the average annual global mortality rate remains at an approximate 63-million. Accordingly, amid a 7-year birth pause period, this value would equate to an approximate 441-million, to which if this 7/1 interval method remained in implementation, ultimately the population may be restored to an eco- and earth-friendly level.

Woefully the mass of humanity lingers in heedlessness of these great harms, and simply proceeds about the ebb and flow of the day, with concernedness mostly surrounding the own human life, with work and the enjoyments at the fore, likewise with the focus on acquiring all possible comforts and conveniences for the life, whilst disregarding what dangers these comforts and conveniences pose to other- and all-life. Whilst the following may remain for many human beings a rather unpleasant consideration to ponder, it truly rests evidently clear that the values, morals and ethics to which many remain driven has sorrowfully gone astray, to which woefully materialism (thus the comforts and enjoyments) are mostly and/or only regarded and sought, in such that the striving of many human beings (however truly not the striving of all human beings) has become none other than for the acquiring of money for the human comfort and enjoyment. Consequently, the lands, animal and plant kingdoms only serve as passing entertainment that appeals to the 5-senses and thus as fleeting pleasures to many.

This read may indeed remain of an unpleasant truth for the human being whom reasons, “I simply did not know”, to which in stern truth simply and regrettably corresponds for many, to an endeavoring ‘to simply not know‘ but to merely move about to-and-fro unconcerned despite the known contradictions in which the entire world lingers (it remains for each human being to discern of which mindset they recognize within themself). For it remains truly so, that these truths can neither be ignored, unseen, or unheard by any human being of today (due to modern technology permitting world events to remain viewable amid the very palm of ones own hand, to which mobile phones are present and in use in every country in the world), because Peace but War, Rich yet Poor, Abundance but Scarcity, Indulgence yet Penury, Privilege but Discrimination, and Restoration yet Annihilation, etc., remains evident in all corners of the earth, of which these truths are echoed worldwide.

Verily, explicating the myriad of ways in which humanity unheedingly hinders the longevity of all life upon this Fading Paradise may fill a library, however the primary cause undeniably endures in being Anthropogenic (human-caused), to which the ever-growing Overpopulation remains the greatest of detriment. However, as to whether this Garden of Eden is Saved lingers amid the strides of those whom recognize their responsibility both within and without themselves, to undertake what remains just toward the whole of the preservation of all life and ♡ lovingly ♡ endeavors to awaken their fellow human beings with these illuminating words of truth.

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