Hello everyone, I hope all is well with you. I’m back today after a week of work and writing, and cooler weather. This weekend is warmer and I’m spending as much time as I can outside. Once winter hits, I’m going to go into hibernation mode, but enough about that.
Today I want to talk about rewilding. What is it?
Rewilding is a progressive approach to conservation. It’s about letting nature take care of itself, enabling natural processes to shape land and sea, repair damaged ecosystems and restore degraded landscapes. Through rewilding, wildlife’s natural rhythms create wilder, more biodiverse habitats.
What a great idea. I bet it would help the bee situation and the diminishing coral situation in our oceans and seas. Both of which we need to keep our earth alive and thriving. So, why is it so controversial? Well, it would cause some of our industries to lose profits. That’s right. Think of all those landscaping companies out there that would be put out of business, not to mention the fishing industry.
The fishing industry is the biggest culprit in our oceans and seas as far as damaging ecosystems. They overfish which leads to extinction, not to mention, they pollute our waters as well . We need that predator/prey balance in our oceans to keep it thriving. So, if we were to rewild our soils and our waters, we’d be bringing our earth back into balance.
I know what you’re thinking, what about our industries? Well, they’re smart people, they can become creative and come up with ideas that would work within the parameters that our panel of conservationists would set up. There’re some jobs right there. Then we’d have to have the enforcers who’d make sure the companies were doing their utmost best to follow the guidelines. More jobs.
It would be a drastic change. I know and we all know as humans we fight change, but here’s the thing. We need to make these changes to keep our earth alive for future generations. I’m sure every parent out there wants to provide a safe and healthy environment for their descendants. I know I do.
So, we need to buck up and get behind this idea. Oh yeah, and while we’re at it, let’s clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Let’s face it, humans have been defiling the earth for way too long. It’s time to clean it up. It’s our home, and the home of our future generations.
Thanks for reading my post, how do you feel about rewilding? Leave a comment! I’d love to hear from you!