In Harmony with the Natural World

Living a completely organic, environmentally-conscious and green lifestyle may seem next to impossible in our modern culture, but the reality is that we are faced with the necessity of examining the way we live, eat and shop. We are creatures of this earth. To live in harmony with the natural world is the only way of life that will sustain us as a species and keep our planet green and thriving over the long haul.

It is crucially important to pay attention to the foods we eat.  The more processed, refined and manufactured our food is, the harder it is on our eco-systems and on our bodies.  Natural food is what we are created to consume.  Natural food means:  fresh, local, organically grown or raised and free of synthetic chemicals and processed ingredients.

Because all the systems of our planet are interconnected, we cannot ignore the impact that one corrupted bio-complex has on another.  We cannot deny the effect that fuel over-consumption has on our environmental and climate systems. We can’t afford to turn a blind eye to the damage that telecommunications-generated electromagnetic radiation does to our health.  We can’t overlook the danger that over-fishing our oceans poses to the harmonic balance of our living organisms or that chemicals and pesticides have on our drinkable water.

Our eating habits, the cars we drive, the products we buy, are all choices that we make that affect our world.  Every tiny savings of fuel and every organically-grown food purchase helps.  No gesture is too small when it comes to the web of life.  Each small step we take that reduces the amount of toxic material we put into our environment will help lower the rate of global warming and restore our natural habitat by just that much.  

Melting ice-caps, rising sea levels, coastal flooding and climate-change related disasters are among the consequences of our exorbitant use of gas, coal and oil.  As worldwide consumption of fossil fuels increase year after year, so does the rate of atmospheric pollution and the production of greenhouse gases, particularly carbon dioxide.  A perfect example of careless industrial practices is the recent BP oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico.  The disastrous effects from this obnoxious oil company fiasco haven’t begun to be calculated.  The toll on sea life, loss of people’s livelihood and the ecology of the ocean itself will certainly be incalculable.   When is enough going to be enough?

This is why it’s vital that each one of us begin to learn a way of life that will start reversing the trend of runaway ecological disaster.  We must each begin moving toward a simpler, more conscious way of life.  We need to walk or ride bicycles more, drive our cars less, recycle, reuse, reimagine and practice sustainable living.  Each of us must learn to flow with the rhythms of life. We must choose to live closer to the earth, feel its heart beating and blend with our beautiful home, this planet…in harmony with the natural world.