Since 1970, we have had Earth Day.

Incredible groups and people have devoted their lives to helping shape the future of our planet amidst major production efforts to feed convenience and pockets. Earth has continued to struggle as our species has continued to work to control this beautiful planet.

Today, after 50 years, we find our planet in worse condition since 1970. Catastrophes are abundant due to human activity and demand. What resources are left are fought for to further stabilize financial bottom lines. Rivers are dammed, emissions released, protests to change, clean renewable energy projects alongside fossil fuel developments, fires rip through communities, cites becoming higher than the natural mountains themselves, borders separate only to destroy the territories within and around, traffic hits every road to survive, toxins enter the streams, boats drip fuel beneath them, turbines reflect white above the blue ocean while lakes and river turn green from still waters and temperatures.

Indeed, incredible initiatives exist to inspire those considerate, while the rest remain locked into the global grid of convenience and leisure. All roads lead to financial stability over environmental stability, it is just the way it is today.

Many of us have unknowingly negatively contributed to today‘s environmental quality or lack thereof. Maybe we have even considered that ‘if I do this one thing each and everyday for the environment, how much am I really helping when there are nearly 8 billion people stuck in their own ways?’

We’ve entered ‘the point of no return’ scientists have said. So maybe we can begin repenting our sorrows and missteps as a species and from one generation to the next. Or, we hand the reins immediately over to the generation destined to have to live and deal with much of these massive extinction practices generations of today seem to be fine with.

Something must happen though, and a start is simply realizing. We are contributors too, or have been, and we as individuals can become more educated about the products we choose to soothe our conveniences.