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        What is the essence of the Ecological lesson we wish to pass on to our children

        How about… ‘We are all in the same boat’ ?

         Is that too simple? Well your child is looking to find out what life is all about and believes in you
   with the faith of …. A child. To bring this lesson home and in to the child’s heart might we give
   an example that if we damage some habitat let’s say of Bee’s, maybe poisons introduced for
   Some practical result but yet whose effects might move out in a ripple beyond your wished
   for target. This whole ball of Life, on this Planet, this Life that we all share with every living thing
   seeks healthy food and needs to breathe clean air. This we share with every living creature.
   That feeling unhealthy is not good for little animals and for people.

      How do we begin this movement of appreciation into the youthful heart at an early age? How
   Do we hope to impart a sense of responsibility to a child’s tools of development? Have we given
   that enough emphasis? My assumption that in the school curriculum’s of our modern American
   world there are many teaching moments where a modern sense of Environmental care is taught.

        Still the thought continues to bother me are we forgetting this
    ‘We are all in the same boat?’ Are we forgetting that responsibility implies a power.
 
        I think we humans in our advanced state of civilization hold ourselves to be way
   above nature. This seems to be a sad state of affairs that tends to make a mockery of our
   belief that simply by being civilized and having an institution like the EPA, or maybe a car
   like a Prius, or maybe simply switching to an electric vehicle that we have fulfilled our responsibility.

       The bigger responsibility beckons us on and demands our utmost attention and devotion in the
   remaining years of our life. The Climate of polarization, fear and hatred is connected to our
   inability to confront and alter our toxic relationship to the Planet. We are poised for a disaster that
   is completely unnecessary. The Planet provides the resources for our needs teaching a child that
   they have no enemies is the essence of Ecology. All living things including people with a completely
   different perspective are part of this Ecosystem.

      Teach Your Children Well goes the song. I wonder what that means.