Ten thousand years ago, this area was forested and teeming
With life. The sea level was lower, so animals crossed
Freely from the African Mainland to the Arabian Peninsula.
The North African Savanna was a pastureland spreading
From the Red Sea to the Atlantic. Even in the Roman Era,
North Africa was the ‘bread basket’ of the Empire.
~
For centuries civilization spread, forests were cut for
Building material and firewood. Topsoil washed away,
Harbors at the mouths of rivers silted up.
Animals were hunted for food and sport.
Trees in forests CREATE rain, they hold the soil in place,
Which in turn holds the moisture…more rain.
~
Now, despite all the modern scientific advances the
Sahara desert stretches from the Red Sea to the
Atlantic and is spreading southward. The Arabian Peninsula
Is a complete desert, except where the Israelis and Saudi’s
Are fighting back the desert.
~😞~
All this because men didn’t respect the land. Because they
Took more than they needed to survive.
Will we ever learn this lesson?
“Lessons not learned”
by
Jerry E Smith
©1/29/17
Because we are only human and can't remember from one decade to another! And we are greedy. If one tree would do, two is better!
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I think it is a little more deep than that, and I think we can lay the blame on the Bible. After all, the KJV translated it to say that "God gave man DOMINION" over the earth, which came to mean we could do with it all as we pleased.
With no regard to consequences, always assuming that what was there when you were born will be there for the next generation, because god would fix it for us.
My own niece, when she and her husband bought their new house, said "I don't like that tree, it blocks the view of the house as people are driving down the hill" so she was going to cut and dig up this tree that was over 100 yrs old, for NO OTHER REASON than her vanity. Her Pride. No regard whatsoever that this was a LIVING THING.
Sighs...I'll step down off my soapbox now.
Thanks @cecicastor
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Man's greed and ability to over use because it is there, never ceases to amaze me.
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is certainly a mouthful @cecicastor!!
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Can accompany my solitude thanks
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