"Big Foot"

What ever happened to the times when families would grow their own crops and make their own food? I mean yes, there are still farms out there in today’s world and yes some families still have a vegetable garden in their backyards. But what about when EVERYONE needed to grow their own food and have a farm to keep a healthy and stable living. I can tell you what happened…technology happened. After technology came into our lives it made everything much easier. We no longer have to make our own crops in our backyard; we can just go to the grocery store that gets the processed, chemical infested vegetables from some plane and delivery truck. Of course this is much easier for us Americans to do but haven’t we realized that the easier things got the worse it was for the environment. In regard’s to Specter’s claim about “food miles” it made me think of the old days when there was no such thing. As technology grew our world became more efficient and fast paced. However, as the good qualities increased so did the bad. All those big 18-wheelers that travel all over the countries send a ridiculous amount of pollution into the air. We Americans have become so dependent on the fast technology and fast society that we haven’t even stopped and really made an effort to stop our destroying of our earth.

I agree with John Elkington’s claim that, “we are in an era of creative destruction”. While I was reading this article I was constantly thinking of Berry’s argument of limitlessness. I don’t think our society really thinks that our ozone layer is diminishing. Yes there is proof, but what I mean is you don’t see everyone running around worrying about how they can change our earth for the better. To be honest I am guilty of contributing to global warming. I always am on the argument how it is terrible no one does anything but I find myself falling short as well. I recently started recyclying though so I guess that’s a start but I still do my everyday activities without thinking twice about how it is effecting our earth.