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The future of climate, the future of humanityfuture of climate, the future of humanity
The
arth, home to us all, has a nature, order, and cycle that has
Econstantly blessed each living being with its riches patiently for
billions of years. Motions such as water, nitrogen and carbon cycle,
in which nothing goes to waste and things turn into each other, are
evidence of a flawless system. Since the first human beings, humanity
has been living on Earth, where everything works like clockwork within
such an order.
All the actions and decisions of people have an impact on nature,
determining our relationship with it. Based on the state of the World
today, it can be suggested that this relationship has reached the point of
sustainability. This is because the desire to make use of nature without
any limitations, which emerged with industrialization is still continues
with full force. Without doubt, this causes the Earth to exceed its limits
of endurance and capacity to rejuvenate. Thus, Earth Overshoot Day is
approaching sooner than anticipated.
However, the relationship between humans and nature should not be
any different from that of a guest and a guesthouse. We are obliged to
live in this World like a guest, use it as a proper guest should, and leave
it in its best state for future generations.
If the innate nature, also called disposition of human beings
deteriorates, this will lead to a relationship in which they ruin everything
they get their hands on, tending towards greed, overconsuming, wasting,
destroying, damaging and goes beyond their role as guests. This in turn
will make our common home an uninhabitable place.
The recent global environmental problems as well as epidemics
and climate change are the results of the human desire to dominate
nature rather than live in harmony with it. Especially certain happenings
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