Blog 16

Guiding Question: How can beauty help save the world?

To answer this question you first have to figure a few things out. You have to know what people find beautiful already and how you can show them a new type of beauty. There are many different answers to both of these problems and many people have already started using these methods and taking action. 

Saving the earth is a big issue today and people need to start taking action. Many people don’t even realize how serious this issue actually is. Many scientists are doing research and trying to help as much as they can because they see the beauty in our world. To truly help save something you must first see its beauty. The problem is getting people to see this beauty. Many people such as former zoologist Lindy Rodwell van Hasselt are using different techniques to help promote conservation. The technique she chose was art.  She uses her artwork to show people the true beauty of nature. By doing this she hopes that they gain a new appreciation of nature (specifically endangered animals) and do whatever they can to help save them.  

Everyday people are perfectly capable of making a difference to help save the world. People that see its true beauty know that. These people are like Teyhas aunt and Mary Katherine Spain. These people see the true beauty that this planet has to offer.  Once you see that kind of beauty you do not want to lose it. True beauty is irreplaceable. This kind of beauty can influence people in a positive way. Beauty can be found in more than one place but I believe it can be found most in nature. there are just so many natural wonders that are worth saving. Everyone can find at least one beautiful thing in nature, whether that be a desert or the ocean, it could be a raging volcano or a quiet field of flowers. The uniqueness of nature is almost the the uniqueness that each person has, I believe this is why everyone can find beauty in nature. 

The earth has been around for much longer than we have. Nature is timeless in a way, we are the ones just passing through. Even if we don’t survive the earth still will. The earth came first, then us, so who are we to destroy what beauty it has given us. We should be trying to protect and save the earths beauty and ourselves. Once we see its natural beauty it will drive us to protect it which in turn will save us.