Perhaps you have heard of the Amazon Desert- with cracked gravel floors and miles of scorching emptiness. This once was a scenic rainforest with birds coated in red, yellow and blue feathers, flying off into the abyss. Nothing but the splashes of water flooded your ears and overwhelming shade of crowded trees protected your skin. Wait- you would not know this because man demolished all of it.

Maybe you do not take the time to appreciate trees- their aged bark, evolving leaves, and still stance. Maybe you have not noticed the beauty of a simple sunflower- its blossoming colors and memorable effect. Or maybe you have not been able to truly see these purities of nature because man has tainted them completely.

There are so many different types of trees- Maple, Hawthorne, Elm, Cedar, Birch, Beech, Alder. They contribute medicine and paper; they serve as a filter to clean the air. So why does man continue to kill these children of Mother Nature? Is it to make more buildings?

Try to swim in the Pacific without greeting a piece of plastic. Try to lay in the sand without finding a piece of trash. We often attempt to advance industry without knowing its detrimental effects to nature.

Just a few days ago, I discovered a video called, “Dear Future Generations: Sorry” performed by Prince Ea. For six minutes, he poetically describes the harmful effects man has had on nature. In the video he states, “I’m sorry we put profit above people, greed above need, the rule of gold above the golden rule.” Ea elaborates on man’s obsession with those green pieces of paper that grant so much authority.

In this video, Ea observes different parts of the world, where trees were burned down and grasslands were turned into highways. He continues his poetry by proclaiming that we use “Nature as a credit card with no spending limit.”

To future generations- we can change this. We cannot accept this, instead, we have to “correct it,” states Prince Ea.

He uses a natural metaphor of a “root,” where we are the “foundation;” it is up to us to unify man and nature once and for all. We rely on nature for survival, and if we continue to use it as a “credit card,” then we will all be “equally extinct.”