Nature vs. Humanity

“Humanity is on a collision course with nature”

I spent my last week in Ecuador in the Global Issues Network Conference. At this conference students presented global issues that concerned them, and they were passionate about. Most of the projects were focused on climate change. This is where I noticed that climate change still is an issue. This was something that ironically I had not thought of in a while, an issue that each day becomes more urgent, but each day seems less of a worry within those who cause it. We watch a film called, Nature Doesn’t Need People, People Need Nature. This film was very interesting because it was addressing the fact that ultimately nature does not need humanity, it can thrive without us. But the most alarming aspect of this realization is that we do in fact need nature, and we are not giving it the value it deserves. The video showed nature in all its beauty and entirety. It was magnifying but at the same time it was very scary. I felt overpowered by nature as I watched the film. I feel like this is a very powerful feeling, and we have reached a point in where awareness is not enough, but fear should be used to finally make humans realize the mess we have gotten ourselves into.