“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s needs, but not every man’s greed.” Mahatma Gandhi All of us love to decorate our houses, keep it clean and beautiful, and when thieves steal our valuables and destroy some of the items in our house, what do we do? We call every police in town in order to put them behind bars as soon as possible.

Well, Earth is our home, if we can care so much about our man-made houses, why not our natural Earth, which is a Home to billions of us. We all are culprits here, taking away anything we get and leaving it blank. Houses can be replaced again and again, but not Earth.

Let’s face reality. The human race is killing our planet by flooding land, sea, and air with pollution and by over use. Plants and animals are unable to adapt quickly enough to the changes in the environment that mankind is causing. The Earth is becoming less capable of sustaining the world’s population. Even humanity is at risk of becoming extinct because of the long term effects of global warming.

Here are some recommendations of what has to be done to save both the planet and humanity.

1. Recycle everything! Instead of having our trash sent to landfills, everything that people consume and eventually throw out must be recycled. Therefore, we need recycling plants for batteries, electronics, organic (food and garden) wastes, medals, etc. in addition to recycling paper, plastic, glass, and aluminum.

2. Pollution Free Energy! Right now this is impossible, but we have faith in science to one day make this a reality. Reducing energy utilization, such as energy efficient light bulbs, cars, and washing machines will not solve this problem; but only delay this problem from being solved as soon as possible.

3. Renewable Resources. Humanity is currently consuming more resources than the planet can renew, and this does not include non-renewable resources such as oil. Therefore, business will eventually have to convert to strictly self sustainable and renewable resources in the near future.

4. Environmental Protection. The human race is destroying vast regions of the planet, so much so that the planet’s ability of supporting life is decreasing. Throughout the world, forests and wild lands must no longer be allowed to be destroyed for human development, and this still may not be enough to support all wildlife. Land that has become infertile because of man’s actions, such as strip mining and deforestation, must be revived by law. The world’s oceans also need to be globally managed, since the world’s fish population is suffering from over fishing.

5. Manage Global Warming. Global warming is going to decimate the human civilization if left unchecked. Therefore, further actions must be necessary to either prevent or manage global warming. One way to help do this is to redirect rivers to not deposit their water into the oceans but into lakes, valleys, canyons, aquifers, empty oil fields, and where ever else possible. Another solution is to use seawater to flood large sections of unused land, such as deserts.

Repent before it’s too late, inspire everyone to save our Sick Earth, let the light shine, let the air become pure and fresh, let the trees grow wild, let the animals run free, let the children of tomorrow be proud of us, for what we have done today.