as a species, we have been around for over 200,000 years, but it was just in this last century where we were able to move faster then we could on a horse. what were we doing one hundred and fifty years ago? before that, we had no electricity, our life expectancy was around half of what it is today and modern science could not keep us safe from simple infections. the planet was better off, but we were not.

people are growing. as a species, we have dominated the earth and continue to spread our reach and our footprint on this earth. with straight lines and plastic water bottles, man has risen as the dominant force to be reckoned with on this planet. we have industrialised our food and our housing, and systematically expand our knowledge by standing on one anothers shoulders and learning from one another. our competitiveness have allowed each field we enter to expand and provide us with the luxuries of medicines and science to shield off any disease or virus that affects us. we care for very little in respects to the outcome of what this strain will do on the world or what the following generation will do with regards to water, food and income.

can both win? is it possible to save the species and its surrounding? common sense would say yes. we have managed, at times, to bring species such as the sperm whale back from the brink of extinction. when you visit developed and rich nations, you notice a push for ecologically sound practices and farming. nature has a way of balancing this equation even if we don’t.