{"id":9077,"date":"2021-07-08T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/designerofreality.com\/?p=9077"},"modified":"2021-07-08T14:35:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T14:35:43","slug":"an-old-story-that-keeps-coming-true-again-and-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/designerofreality.com\/2021\/07\/08\/an-old-story-that-keeps-coming-true-again-and-again\/","title":{"rendered":"An Old Story That Keeps Coming True Again and Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.8.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; link_option_url=&#8221;https:\/\/youtu.be\/n2W8dKdgGhc&#8221; link_option_url_new_window=&#8221;on&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Can we break the cycle?<\/strong>\u00a0 If we can begin to take society wide action now, we do have time to protect our well-being in the years ahead.\u00a0 We also know how to mitigate the threats facing all living things on the planet.\u00a0 We do not need to repeat history if we can learn from past mistakes.\u00a0 Our advances in science and technology have provided the tools and knowledge needed restore the balance in Nature that is vital to the well-being of all living things.\u00a0 Repeating past mistakes will produce a future where we do not survive.\u00a0 It is vital that people know the current reality because it is only through lack of action that our way of life will be doomed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Our primary challenge is cultural.<\/strong>\u00a0 We have been living for some time in the age of the individual.\u00a0 Our survival likely rests on our ability to establish a new age of community.\u00a0 Can we come together for our shared well-being and restore the balance in Nature?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No man is an island,<br \/> Entire of itself,<br \/> Every man is a piece of the continent,<br \/> A part of the main.<br \/> If a clod be washed away by the sea,<br \/> Europe is the less.<br \/> As well as if a promontory were.<br \/> As well as if a manor of thy friend&#8217;s<br \/> Or of thine own were:<br \/> Any man&#8217;s death diminishes me,<\/p>\n<p>Because I am involved in mankind,<br \/> And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls;<br \/> It tolls for thee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.poemhunter.com\/john-donne\/\"><strong>John Donne<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s where things stand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Average soil loss per acre of farmland in the US\u00a0is\u00a04 Tons<\/li>\n<li>Average annual worldwide farmable land lost to degradation\u00a0is\u00a030 million acres<\/li>\n<li>75% of land worldwide is already degraded<\/li>\n<li>\u2153 of farmable land\u00a0has been\u00a0lost to degradation in the past 40 years<\/li>\n<li>Over 20 major civilizations have collapsed due to soil loss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An Albert Einstein\u2019s quote that is often repeated usually leaves out the second half of his statement which helps us understand why we so often continue making the same mistakes over and over again.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result is a definition of<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>insanity, expecting people whom we overwhelmingly rewarded for acting in one manner to change that behavior is more than a bit na\u00efve, as any parent knows or finds out quickly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Progress and overall prosperity along with quality of life for the most substantial number of people ever before on the planet, has continuously developed at an accelerating pace for several centuries now.\u00a0 It is no wonder that many would choose to believe our technology can save us from any challenge through our great ingenuity.\u00a0 However, while continuing advances in technology can help us, there is a fatal flaw in the foundation of our civilization.\u00a0 The health of the very ground our grand societies are built on is being destroyed.\u00a0 It would be one thing if as a species we had never seen this movie before but this same tale has played out many times and brought down the most powerful cultures we have created on this planet.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another quote that is often repeated is,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.&#8221;<br \/> <strong>Winston Churchill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To take a look at what history has to teach us there is a fascinating and rather scary report done nearly 100 years ago that predicts a dire future for all of us unless we can learn from the mistakes of our past.\u00a0 \u201cConquest of the Land through 7,000 Years\u201d is Dr. W.C. Lowdermilk\u2019s (formerly Assistant Chief, Soil Conservation Service) personal report of a study he made in 1938 and 1939.\u00a0 He discovered that soil erosion, deforestation, overgrazing, neglect, and conflict between cultivators and herdsman have helped topple empires and wipe out entire civilizations, not once but repeatedly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>So shall we learn from history or shall we accept our doom?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t feel hopeless, we happen to know the solutions required.\u00a0 The question is will we come together to save the world? 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