Land, Flooded by Human Greed

“Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” --- Isaac Newton

While the famous Isaac Newton quote was originally intended to explain how things move, those words have incredible relevance to our daily lives. Every action we take, big or small, has effects which reach far beyond our direct circles. Land, Flooded by Human Greed is a commentary on the destructive nature humans have when we don’t think that our actions effect those around us.

More specifically, this piece explores how the greed of first world countries impact developing nations. Everything from our garbage, to power, to food waste, is simply forgotten about as if first world nations don’t understand the concept of object permanence. Every time we pollute the world, it is our convenience which contributes to the death and destruction of not only our ecosystems, but even our own species.

Land, Flooded by Human Greed only explores one of the many consequences to our actions; rising sea levels. Reading on how rising sea levels will affect us in the coming century, I was shocked to find out that this problem is already destroying the human species. Island nations such as the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Maldives, the Republic of Fiji, The Philippines, the list goes on, are but a few nations which are already seeing the effects of first world greed--- yet, no one is doing anything. Corporations are still polluting, governments aren’t passing bills to minimize our carbon output, individual people are still choosing convenience. This piece brings listeners to the affected nations, so they can experience the consequences of their actions. Land, Flooded by Human Greed does not exist to be beautiful. In fact there are many ugly sections of this piece, to show us how we are ruining our own lives--- and to also show that if we don’t recognize and change our ways, the consequences will get closer and closer, until it’s our turn to sink below the waves.

There is not one solution, nor is there one person to blame. Each of us contribute to climate change, therefore we all have room to grow.