Article by Ralph Miller

We are taught in school that human beings are the superior species in nature. This is an idea that is ingrained in us as children. The problem is that this is only an idea … it is only a presumption. How do we measure superiority? If it is determined by which species can potentially endanger all the rest … then perhaps we are superior.

In fact, nature exists in such a delicate balance that a temperature change of only a few degrees brought on by global warming can have devastating effects. If we clear-cut thousands of square miles of the Amazon forest in order to strip-mine the earth of minerals, perhaps at the same time we are creating vast areas that will soon become deserts. The upcoming release of the film entitled, “An Inconvenient Truth” featuring Al Gore, will be a stark reminder of the legacy of ecological crisis we are handing to our children. I’ve seen the trailer and I really hope a lot of people will see this film.

We have become aggressors to the rest of nature. The list of creatures we want to control or do without increases steadily. Insects … what good are they? Forests … we hope they’ll grow back. Bears, wolfs, coyotes … lets move ‘em out of our campgrounds. Let them live somewhere else.