I have decided
to write this letter, with the aim of trying to understand the
relationship of the human
being with nature, with the world that
surrounds us, that shelters and nurtures us ...
I have
always been taught that: Water is life!
This
message seems clear and evident; I could not mention any species
including the human race that does not need this liquid element as an
essential part of its life cycle.
However, this reasoning that seems obvious and even
elementary has become a serious problem. Considering that, for the
last 200 years, the human being has unbelievably not only abused
this natural resource, but we have also squandered it and
contaminated it. Nowadays, the rationing of this vital element is
inflexible ... we are running out of
water !!!, and although our society
has progressed technologically, we are still unable to invent water,
or another element that would replace it.
I am still trying to understand why you have insisted on damaging and
destroying so much of our home. Those who read these words should
know that today we know many species only through images or
documentaries; millions of species have disappeared. What was the
purpose of hunting, fishing and indiscriminate felling of trees? What
were you thinking when the ecologists showed with alarming evidence
the madness of your behavior with the fauna, flora and nature?
I still can not believe the indifference of your behavior, I cannot
believe that economic punishment was not given to those who
polluted more, it has not been worthwhile for you to see and feel in
your own flesh the natural disasters provoked by the lack of
conscience. We have received a terrible inheritance from your hands:
a polluted planet, tons of garbage, the melting of the North and
South Pole, the disappearance of Spring and Autumn ... yes! we are
living or surviving in extreme climate conditions, yes!... Climate
change is a real fact; it is not a fairy tale.
I am so sorry to finish this letter in this way, as my intention was
to be reflective ... but soon I realized that this was a chimera.
Many people tried to tell you at your time that, your active and
conscious participation was crucial to modify climate change; and
instead, as many of you thought it was not your responsibility, that
this problem was only a question of the developed countries, you
simply passed the buck!!! ...
However, I
harbour a last hope; hopefully my letter will help you to be more
aware of your role in the environment.
