The Earth is Bleeding

The greatest ecological disaster in the history of the United States is unfolding as I write this. For weeks, 5,000 feet below the surface of the Ocean in the Gulf of Mexico, oil has been spewing out after a rupture in a British Petroleum pipe. Millions (nobody knows exactly how much) of gallons of toxic oil has contaminated the Gulf & soon will enter the Gulf Stream & start making it's way to other Oceans around the World.
There are strident calls to boycott BP & while I agree BP needs to be punished other multi-national corporations like Exxon are just as bad. The sorry thing is these bastardly corporations are doing what they do because we are a society of addicts who think like consumers instead of intelligent citizens of Planet Earth. We drive SUV's with "drill baby,drill" stickers supporting politicians who want to do away with all regulation of corporations. We eat 'fast food' from multi-national corporations who get their 'meat' from cows which grazed in former rain forests. We turn on our air-conditioners & hair dryers which get their power from coal plants & wonder why the sky looks hazy.
The Earth is bleeding & the human species is holding the knife. The materialist world view, that the Earth is a 'commodity' or dead matter to be disposed of, is the driving force of this destruction. It allows corporations to cut down 2,000 year old redwood tree's & sell them for profit, or lets Japanese fishing boats kill whales for 'scientific research'.
Corporations, which are created to make money & care little about community or environmental concerns, are a huge part of the problem but we cannot absolve ourselves from our ecological crisis. We are all responsible for the oil in the Gulf & for the pollution in our Rivers & Sky. Each one of us can re-examine our lifestyles to try to consume less energy & make the present a little less toxic & future a little brighter for future generations.
We also can enjoy the Nature that is still unspoiled. Go camping or hiking or biking instead of shopping for the latest fashion in the nearest Mall.
It's also important to grieve. Grieve for the Gulf of Mexico & the countless sea creatures & birds that will die a horrible death for our oil addiction. Grieve for the mountains that forever have been disfigured by our digging for coal & demands for energy....and Pray. Pray that they cap that damn hole in the Gulf so it doesn't poison the Atlantic...