Our World...past, present, future?

The University of South Australia has provided an outstanding learning environment and I remain in awe of the course facilitators and tutors.  Psychological Science & Sociology is an intriguing combination of subjects to study and will serve me well when I make plans to 'kick arse' in the aged care industry.  In the meantime...the great theorists of all time keep the brain cells churning:  Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Michel Foucault - so much so that I cannot sleep many nights thinking about the words they wrote ages ago which...still resonate...today.  How were they able to 'see' where this world was heading?

 So, now I leave you with this link (below) provided to me by a great new UniSA 'mate'.  FOOD FOR THOUGHT ~ QUITE provocative.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbTFwXagdQ



I have added two links in case the first one does not work.  Why do some humans think 'man' is the only species worth protecting?  I do not wish to live in a world without animals, mammals, the birds and the bees and I worry deeply about the shape of OUR planet today...and how it will look in my grand-daughter's future.  

Environmental Protection Agencies in all countries are being dismantled.  It is as if the politicians are saying, 'Go...GO make all the money you can now because...we...are...running...out...of...time'.  We the people have done so much damage to the planet that I do not see HOW this 'mess' can be fixed.  I know that I can only do what I CAN DO on an individual basis.  And, how maddening ~ how debilitating is it to think of the species we have forever lost - never to be retrieved again - not acceptable to little ole' me.  

Blanco of The Roaming Stevens...CONTEMPLATING.

Doing my best everyday to make small, tiny changes to our home - the way in which I live and the way in which I consider - the choices - I make...every...single...day.

PS: Please excuse all typos.
PSS:  For further intriguing videos - LOOK FOR ~ exurb1a ~ on YouTube - The Universe in 4 minutes/4 Forces of Physics - You'll be hooked.  




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