"I am the Lorax, and I speak for the Trees!"

So, I'm not entirely certain sure how, but somehow I found myself watching a video on google of one of the old cartoon based on Dr. Seuss's book The Lorax.
And it got me thinking about the message of that book.
That progress has a cost, and sometimes in our haste to make a expand, profit or exploit some new resource we forget that and the environment and ultimately ourselves and our children pay the price.
I hold on to the hope that with our society's increasing focus on the environment and the effects of industry on our world, and the onset of increasingly green technology we'll someday arrive at that balance between development and nature, but at this moment it seems that we're still a long off.

Now I'm sure that I'm telling any of you nothing you don't already know.
And I'm sure you might have read the Lorax, long ago, perhaps when you were a child, but I wonder if you still think about it, and that it seems is where the danger lies, when people don't think of the effects or remember the consequences of their actions.

So take some time out of your day, and maybe pick up that old book, give it a read or even watch the video:



and perhaps you'll think about it every now and again, and remember it's message: your actions no matter how insignificant they may seem at the time have consequences in the grand scheme of life.
And I feel that as long as people keep that in mind, the world may just become a better place for all.