eroded
a good and new friend sent me this, which showed up in an article he "would never have read if it wasn't for" me --

the center of all this is humankind. if we are not in a good relationship with the environment, the environment will be destroyed, and we will lose our ground. but if you halt the erosion of humankind, humankind will halt the erosion of the soil. - mahatma gandhi

there are ways to interpret this that shun technology and progress, but we really can't be that ignorant anymore. sure, i may want to run off to walden and live simply, but an entire global society is not capable of such reclusiveness. in this millenium, the way to halt the erosion of humankind is to promote smart technology, smart growth, smart progress, smart development. these are buzz words and mean little. in a raw sense, we should only be able to morally, intrinsically accept advances that make no environmental impact, or, better yet, advances that improve our current ruthless eroding and pillaging. i'm thinking wind power. i'm thinking hydrogen fuel cells. i'm thinking renewable natural resources like hemp and bamboo and tree-free paper goods.

we can do this. and that's not a chant of empowerment. we already have this power at our fingertips. our scientists have figured this crap out already. the global market needs reframing, so that this sort of advance is the way to go. the only way. fossil fuel developments and ways to increase deforestation efficiency shouldn't even be on the radar screen. the impact of our actions upon the soil should be more than a PR move. it should mean more than profit. but i'm getting a little ahead of myself there.