Last Planet Standing
By: Gladys N. Gatiba
What
proof exists to show that there was life on earth before we came to being…and
by the way when did we come to being, the human race? Is it the time of Adam
and Eve as the Holy Book says…is it during the evolution of man from
homopithecus to homosapiens sapiens..
The
world may have been a paradise and heaven like in our greatest grandparents
time, they had adequate of it all, food, water etc, floods could have been a
form of punishment during the time of Noah and drought and famine during the
time of Moses…or were they birth…I meant population control methods of nature? Man
begun experimenting…he discovered fire, then discovered the wheel, his brain
and eyes gradually opened up to the world of opportunities, to his ability to
innovate and charge the world, Acculturate it to his preference, then came
colonization, industrialization, globalization etc came the rise of incurable
diseases like cancers and HIV, men became their own enemies, growth and
development at the expense of their counterparts, it is survival for the
fittest. Manufacturing goods to improve living standards and comfort…even
creating ‘new improved ‘human beings, test tube babies.
Impacts
of our industrial human activities have begun catching up with us, floods, earth
quakes long periods of drought…but we are still evolving, we are still trying
to overcome the same challenges we created, GMO food to climate proof while
worsening the situation further this food is being fed to our children hence ‘GMO
children’ are coming up, a 13 year old girl looks 20 years of age.
Planet
Venus, the morning and evening star and the goddess of love has been described
to have the same gravity as earth and almost the same size. But up-close with
this planet shows you what we might be heading to, global warming gone wild, a ball
of fire abundant in volcanic activity yellow clouds: masses of sulfuric acid, the
sun drives the planets horrifying activities, hell in the making. Could there
have been life in planet Venus but the populace succumbed to global warming, could
we be the last planet standing since some of the other planet have also been
suspected to have had life. Look at Mars, strange organisms still exist, were
they once like us but their destructive activities to their habitat caught up
with them? We are an extinct species as well as our habitat…and we could be the
only ones’ standing..
Therefore
as we loathe the scotching sun, moan the floods, mudslides and disease
outbreaks. The result to seeking aid during drought and famine disasters, negotiate
and renegotiate our policies but end as climate tourists. Endlessly complain
about their industries vomiting pollutants to our air, while we enjoy the
products…Cancers have become common phenomena compromising our siblings tomorrow.
We call it inhabitable...and point fingers, innovations exceed the number of
births…their impacts far reaching but we go mum.
Closer
home, we all desire to live in bungalows and work in high-rise offices, a cool
home next to the beach, with constant water supply and electricity to run the
fridge, TV, water showers, iron boxes, disco-like sound systems, air
conditioners etc, in return we open channels of latrine waste to the ocean,
lakes and rivers nearby, burn plastics or dump them at the estate corner, clear
and burn vegetation for agricultural land which we over cultivate hence soil
erosion and loss of fertility.
It
gets worse every day….turning our mother earth to planet Venus.. Let us not
wait until we’ve lost it all. Let us save the remaining good one’s…let’s live
sustainable lifestyles and promote sustainable development, give this planet
longer life We only got one habitable planet, one world, and one earth.
The Africa Youth Initiative on Climate Change (AYICC) is a network of African youth organizations and individuals working on climate change & sustainable development.
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