Reflect on: Land Ethic

It is curious how the human society has taught us about the ethics in general (commitment of belonging to a community)but we have no idea how to have a commitment with our land, the one that nourishes and maintains us. We should have more respect and love for what we have, it is very true that for the man the only value that the land has is economic and this is very sad. Humans need to understand that we are just one of the species on earth and because we are only one more, we should have a harmonious relationship with the land like other animals have. It feeds us so we shouldn't alter the natural process of it. We have rights to it but at the same time we have obligations with it. We need to see that the other animals and plants have the same rights that we do! Now days because of the increase in population man have had to come up with different methods to overproduce food, but is there a way that we can do this without affecting the land or diminish this damage? In some way it's understandable that the farmers are ignorant of the way they treat the land, it only gives them food and they need to eat. I don’t think they have the vision of thinking that one day those resources are going be gone if we do not take care of them. The fact that the government gives them incentives to conserve and offers educational programs is a good start. They definetely need to be involved in these programs and understand the importance and benefits this is going to bring. While imposing these new methods, farmers need to be monitored at least until they get the idea of conservance. I think it is very difficult to feel love for something that you have never cared about before, but it's to make them understand and feel how the land is a part of us so they get to see and feel the land as theirs. It is amazing how everything in the planet has a mission. We were put on earth for something and I am sure it was not to destroy. The human being needs to be more conscious of its surroundings and stop thinking on the economic self-interest. If we don’t take care of it now, we are not going to have anything in the future to make an economy of!