Has anyone been paying attention to all the construction going on? It’s amazing to me that we are decimating our forests and the like for the sake of new buildings. Near where I work, they completely leveled a good chunk of land. We were told a number of different stories as to what was going in there. But it’s still only a vacant piece of leveled land. All of the wildlife had no place to go. They were so confused because they no longer had their home.
There’s a pond near where I live. It has been there forever. A few months ago, I noticed them taking down trees, and starting to level the area around the pond. Once again, I became concerned because of the wildlife. At least this time, they were trying to do some good. There was a problem with drainage and that is what they were fixing. They have enlarged the pond to help with drainage and I must say it still looks pretty down there.
We have all these empty buildings, yet they are rarely used to house a new company. Why? Because so many of the companies have a certain way that the structure has to look. So, here we sit with empty buildings and new ones going up all the time. The companies say it would be cost prohibitive to restructure an old standing building rather than build a new one. Now, on the one hand, if there is new construction, that could mean jobs. But I know many companies have out of town contractors come in to build. So, it doesn’t really help our Rochester, NY job market all that much.
So, if all these new houses and companies are going up, where are the animals going? Some of them are getting killed because they get hit, or they are no longer sure where to go to eat. Their old stomping grounds now have 10 new houses on them. Many of these animals are moving to the suburbs because they have no choice.
And what is happening when that happens? If you’re like me, you make sure to give them what you can to eat, a place to be safe. But not everyone is like me, so you have the people that see the skunks, or woodchucks, or raccoons, and put poison out for them instead. These are also the people that will complain to the town when the smell gets so bad after the poison has done the work.
I, for one, would much rather put the food and water out for the creatures. Just around our property alone, we have skunks, woodchucks, raccoons, deer, rabbits, fox, and feral cats. They are not tame, but they do know we will keep them safe. They don’t run when they see us, but will usually just go on eating. These are beautiful creatures and they are God’s creatures. Why do we keep harming our environment by building, and poisoning it? Is there no one besides me that is scared of how much of our earth is getting scarred by all the bulldozing, and tearing down?
I’m absolutely terrified about what will happen when the next generation grows up. Will they have natural habitats to walk through, and learn from. Or will they have a concrete jungle to learn from instead? Maybe it’s time we took a deep breath and a good look around. Let’s pay attention to what we are creating. And let’s finally stop decimating everything and start healing the earth. Let’s give Mother Earth back some healing before she gets so mad that there is no turning back.
Just a thought.
Till next time.
Cindy Lee