A Show Worth Watching.

     “Racing Extinction ”  a documentary filmmaker Louie Psihoyos and others look at mankind’s role in a potential loss of at least half of the world’s species. 

     The show presented the beautiful sights and sounds of our environment.  Such wonders are always magical for me and leave me with feelings of awe, amazement and longing to immerse myself in this wonderment.

     But it also showed the darker side of what is happening on our planet.  All of which left me feeling shocked, stunned, angry, disgusted, tearful, depressed and profoundly saddened.

      How can people still think that we are not responsible for the decline of our environment.  Mankind is destroying our planet. 

     In the documentary it is asked is anyone still listening?  Then let us listen to a variety of the sounds of our environment and wildlife. 

     I listened in awe to the recording of the Hawaii O’o bird’s song as the male sings for a few notes then awaits the responding song notes from the life long female mate, then he would sing out again and the cycle would repeat.  So simple, so elegant, so gone forever.  How profoundly sad then to next hear the last recording of the lone male Hawaii O’o bird call out for a mate that will never answer as she no longer exists.  So, with his death comes the extinction of his species and the silencing of his once elegant mating call that has now become only a mournful recorded memory.  What could be worse?  How about a completely silent ocean?

….. life comes from the ocean and with a dead silent ocean would follow a dead silent world.

    Maybe we should listen while we still can and ask “Will I help heal and save or hurt and destroy the world?” 

     Me, well I’m going to feed my wild feathered friends and critters in my little urban wildlife habitat, keep listening and help spread the word to #StartWith1Thing until our paths cross again……. Lila 

 

Photos from “Racing Extinction” on-line image search except for photo “Apocalypse” by pierremassine. 

 

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