An ecological revolution

 It's not political.

It's not based on anyone's borders, or offences against anyone else.

Well, at least anyone human.

Just look at the history of our earth...

We've had an Industrial Revolution...a world-wide change that affected all of the earth inhabitants.

But nobody paid a bit of attention to the wildlife, nor the oceans or forests. They were also affected.

The next revolution is coming. And I have no idea how it will look. But basically, something will make a crisis. Then people will lose a lot of the power they depend upon. Then the wildlife, oceans and forests (and all of ecological life) will come to the forefront of existence, with humanity as just a part of the whole.

That's the main sign that it's happening, humanity will no longer be looked at as any leadership any more. Perhaps we will be caged to control our contrary ways. Or maybe we'll have some mental evolutionary changes that help us feel equality with the environment. That would indeed be preferable to the cages.

We just don't get it yet.

What should it be called? 

How will we recognize it?  I like thinking of how the first machines made humanity's work easier for them. And how attractive they became.

So I'm thinking this will be very attractive in comparison with the climate change disasters, failing civilizations, and need to survive for humanity in the near future.  The many dystopian movies and books are of little interest for me. It's the ecological dominance in the distant future that is intriguing.

Sarychev Volcano Eruption captured from International Space Station (ISS). June 2009

Today's quote:

The environment we create will determine what prevails. In other words, what we nurture and encourage wins.

JANE GOODALL

Happy Vernal Equinox all you Pagans!

Not a pagan?  Well you have a happy Saturday...the day named after one of those pagan gods...like every day of our calendar, and most months too!

So when the wheel of the year turns, and you realize you're part of the gravity here...enjoy that our dear earth is still turning through the seasons!

I happen to try to live close to the earth, though not as much as some of my friends.  What I do try to do is remember that I'm part of nature, not separate, and certainly not in charge of it.

Well, I do have to take out the trash, feed the animals, and clean up after us all.  That's the part I'm in charge of.

Have you seen the new TV show on NBC called "Revolution"?  A take off perhaps from Kevin Cosner's movie "The Postman," along with input from a book "One Second After" by William Forstchen, a local Montreat/Black Mountain author.  His book is scarey enough, but is a good wake-up call to how fragile our technological lives are.  I liked that many of the local sites came into play in the book.  I haven't decided whether I like Revolution or not.

Now why am I watching a post-apocalyptic TV show?  It's fascinating.  I don't expect I'd survive very long if any of these doomsday events happened, so I can just look at them with interest that's not predicated on fear for my own survival.

So the equinox gives me pause, and I eagerly run out into nature to grasp the experience.  A day and night of equal length.  How truly wonderful.  I will roll around in the pile of leaves that someone else raked (virtually that is), while enjoying that feeling of warm sun on one side of my body as the other feels the coldness of winter winds approaching