Too Little, too late?

I certainly hope not. The readings brought a few very interesting points up that cause me to be fearful of the future for the human race. For instance, the key to survival of anything on our planet is truly species richness. As discussed by Wessels, this is dependent on a few very key factors:

- stable physical environment
- the amount of physical structure in an ecosystem
- an ecosystem that finds the balance of species levels of competition

Well, the species of homo sapiens could be in a world of trouble if we don't find some equilibrium. The Earth as we all know is ever changing and evolving, with natural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, and the recent destruction in Haiti. We've proved humans are resilient, but natural disasters are like death and taxes... they're going to happen. Yet we create our own destruction by means of polluting, not recycling and re-using, then force war upon one another. Our own ecosystem is actually being destroyed at an unrecoverable unsustainable rate. There is no question about it, we as humans want to ever increase our status among ourselves in our environment, but at what cost? "...real progress will be attained only if we develop a socioeconomic model that fosters diversity and energy conservation and achieves a dynamic equilibrium in which the amount of materials and energy consumed annually remains the same and can be supported by the biosphere. " - (Wessels, 97-98)
McDonough summarizes that an ant, small and seemingly harmless has a more effective and sustainable lifestyle and has for millions of years, (as it nourishes plants, animals, and soil...) whereas human in a little more than a century have brought decline to nearly every ecosystem on the planet. I worry that if drastic measures are not taken into consideration by both law enforcement and the individual, what chance of sustaining does the human race truly stand? That to me is a notion of a truly sad nature.
"Do Whatever you can, no matter how inconvenient, to limit your 'consumption.'" (McDonough, 6)