Mission Statement
We have Options.
Frankly, we’ve made the world sick, given it far worse than a mere cold (or, in this case, a flu and fever). Humanity has had it good for a long time. We were given a glorious planet to call our own, to oversee as kings and queens, but we have abused our power over the planet’s resources and its other creatures. Now it is time to cast aside some of our privileges and accept our responsibility for the environment, an environment that could continue to be very good for us—if only we would be good to it.
The changes we must make will entail some sacrifices, but at Remedies for the Planet we want to concentrate on how being Green is altogether good for us, good for our health, productive of our happiness, and more often than not good for our wealth as well.
Why Do It?
Individual efforts, brought together under a common plan for the good of all, will lead us out of the darkness beneath this cloud of greenhouse gases and into a sustainable future. On the other hand, whiz-bang technological solutions to today’s environmental problems will do no more than they have ever done—delay the inevitable payment of those wages we owe to the sin of gluttony.
We have spoken of ourselves as being Environmental Stewards, but we have never approached a level of responsible action that would merit the title. We have taken from the planet, and we have taken more, and that has been the story so far.
Columbus crossed the ocean blue for gold and silver, we headed West as young men and women for land and yet more gold, we conquered the seas to consume all its whales and fish, and now we fight across the globe to protect, corner and control the market for oil. As far as stewardship goes – the proper use of the land and seas – we’ve spent millennia practicing how to use it but have a good deal yet to learn about how to act proper.
All of that is about to change. We’re waking up, seeing the mistakes of our past, and looking to make them right. Global Warming, extreme weather changes, this current Third Great Extinction event, and more are human problems and our responsibility. There are changes we need to make to remedy what ails this planet, but even if the world didn’t need these changes, we should do them because CFLs will save us money, and safer cleaning products will eliminate thousands of asthma cases, and because the forests we save will offer therapy needed by our drug- and ADHD-puzzled children.
We can Go Deeper.
Although the fates of thousands of species hang in the balance, only humanity is equipped to see the immediate perils we have brought to visit our planet, and only in the planet’s women and men can the world find reason to hope for a solution. Remedies for the Planet wants the entire world to accept the truth of that fact and to proudly take up the challenge of saving the planet from ourselves, for ourselves, and for a planet we’d like to call home.
