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24/06/2007

life is making money?

Nature does not consider competition. It values cooperation, not competition. We do not have to go far to find examples of species helping each other. Trees produce oxygen for us to breathe and we produce carbon dioxide, which the trees breathe. It´s a symbiotic win-win cooperative relationship.

A choice to work together with nature, however, does not happen by government decree. It is an individual decision, reflected in the common simple actions that we do every day. And that choice does not happen automatically. It is a choice that each of us needs to make. Our own personal values, morals, ethics, and ideals determine our relationship with nature and our own contribution to life.

( Adapted from"Sustaining Your Own Life", by Debra Lynn Dadd)

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Man and Nature

Man and nature do not live in separate worlds. On the contrary, we are all integrated in one enormous web, called web of life. Do you believe that´s always true?

Every part of nature is essential to us. The sun warms our bodies and provides light. Plants turn that light into energy. We then eat those plants to get energy. Rain is the source of all the water we drink. Soil supports plant life, which supports animal life, and these support the existence and health of our own bodies. Without every piece of nature working together in harmonious cooperation for all to live, we humans do not survive.

In nature, everything has a purpose. A tree produces oxygen, shade, and food. A cloud distributes water. Earthworms create soil. But we humans do not consider the impact of our actions on the Earth. We do not define our attitudes as a Homo sapiens and as individual. Do you know what your own purpose is?Do you have your own positive attitudes- helping at home, cleaning, cooking, helping people in the local community, recycling, protecting the environment? Or does the word "competition" rule your life? Do you believe your final purpose in