Industry vs. Environment

In our class we have been assigned to do a project showing the relation of Industry and Environment through photos and sound. Now I don't want to talk much about what I did for this project but I'd like to envelope a little bit on my concept. I am really looking at a unique side of this battle. I do believe that yes, the inevitable cause of human life on this earth, industry, does have a negative affect on the environment. But today we live in a very unique time that finds the perfect balance. My concept for this project was to believe that we are not destroying our environment, we are creating a new one. Look around Toronto even; the countless parks, high park, queens park, the Humber river, not to mention it's situated next to a great lake. We live in a very odd time where we see these two forces intertwine, we sit in balance waiting for ourselves to be able to control nature, and completely shape the environment to our will. Until then we live in a world undefined by it's principals against nature, but it's virtue towards growth.

Too Much Work

Look at the way we live our lives; our society replaced the problem of dealing with biological necessities by giving us a plethora of other problems. Instead of having to worry about three meals a day and a roof over your head nowadays you have to worry about taxes, school work, the economy, war; the list goes on. Some would say isn't it better to worry about these "small little details" then having to worry about starving? You know what I say? We'll never know because we're too proud. Humans are too proud of our accomplishments to even look at our faults. We will never know how peaceful our lives would be if we lived thousands of years ago. I imagine it would be peaceful at times but rough, which is all you can really ask for right? I mean come on, I'd deal with having to fight jaguars away from children rather than having to worry about gossip at school, or how my future's gonna work out, or when i'm gonna be married or etc. I'd have to worry about living, and I know that's the only thing that is worthwhile to worry about. That's why people these days just need to look at the bigger picture of everything. In the end we're all humans trying to survive, so why complicate things?