Destruction leads to a very rough road, but it also breeds creation

I don't know what my deal is with remembering to post exactly every week, but it always takes me more than a week to remember that I forgot! I really just can't remember to complete internet assignments. I think it's because they are never right in front of me. If I have pages I have to read from a book I will always remember because I keep the books I am reading on my night stand right next to my bed and I always see them. I must create some sort of reminder so that this doesn't keep happening.
Im sure that that absence of a post these past few days made my many blog readers fret about the well being of my plants, but it's okay, I assure you they are still doing just fine. I did have a scare last week though. I finally came home after staying at my boyfriend's place for five days in a row and noticed my plants were looking quite sad. A few of their leaves were dying and they were starting to wilt and turn more of a brownish color. I gave them water and opened the blinds and put them right in the sunlight. I also wrapped each individual pot in a little blanket to keep them warm. It's very cold by my window and I don't think they are handling the temperatures well, but they don't get enough sunlight if I move them further away. But my good care taking paid off because I saw my plants again today and they are looking almost tip top again. I pulled off the dead leaves last week because if you don't then the plant wastes too much energy trying to revive them. The leaves have already started to grow back this week and it looks like they're going to be alright. I have so many plants at the greenhouse right now that this week I am going to have to take some more home to have enough space. I guess that means my spider plant will have plenty of plant friends to keep him company. This week I am going to make or buy (depending on how much time I have) new plant holders for them. I think I have some pretty interesting containers around my apartment that are not in use. Maybe I can make a little art piece out of it.
The reading that we had to do for class made me recognize how important plants are going to be in the future. As our population continues to grow the demand for food and other plant products will grow. If we are faced with famine, growing plants might be the only way to recover. That's why I feel so fortunate to have this skill. It makes me feel self sufficient. If I had to stop relying on grocery stores and industry for my products I feel confident that I would be able to still provide for myself. That's something I am trying to do regardless because I don't want to rely on industry for my basic human necessities.
I think that one of the reasons people aren't willing to join environmental causes is because the effects are so unnoticeable. Until people are being directly effected, they wont care to change our current trends. The article said something about how eco-efficiency was contributing to making our harm remain almost invisible. I think what people dont realize is that nature will continue on even if the human race does not. The natural world has the ability to repair itself over time (even if it takes millions of years). The main reason that the depletion of the natural world is so threatening is because without it humans cannot survive. Too many of the resources that we constantly depend on come from the earth. We are destroying the planet, for now, but ultimately we are destroying ourselves. I think that people assume that technology holds all the answers. That with technology, we can finally bend natures will. But nature is not just plants and animals, it is an agent that is creating and controlling everything in the universe. Nature's will cannot be bent or broken. It does not care if we run out of coal and diamond industry goes under and the jewelry industry follows and the tradition of diamond rings exchanged at a wedding is broken. It does not care if we pollute the waters until we can no longer enjoy a swim, or eat the fish in the sea, or have fresh drinking water. Nature does not care if we run out of food, or supplies needed to create shelter. We can not control it and we will never be able to reproduce it no matter now much technology we create. All we can do is try to preserve what's left and nature will decide what's next.

These pictures ended up being in reverse order, but you get the idea. This is a lighthouse on Lake Eerie.