Comparing Limits To Growth And The Sacred Balance

Taking Care of the Earth
When I compare the two essays “Limits to Growth…” and “The Sacred Balance”, I realized they are very similar within some of their main points. For example, both essays share the same idea about the importance of taking care of the earth and they also refer to the human’s impacts on the world. The two essays share many similarities, but they are also very different. The difference is that in “Limits to Growth…” the authors talk about the importance of doing something to stop the contamination in the earth. The authors say that we all can contribute to make the next revolution: sustainability. “The Sacred Balance” differs from “Limits to Growth” because the author recall about the importance of making a connection with the earth, while “Limits to growth…” is more practical about the things we can do to stop pollution. The two essays share many similarities, but they
also are very different.
After reading “Limits to Growth…” and “The Sacred Balance”, I have the chance to see their similarities and differences.
One thing that makes both essays similar is that they make reference to the damage that humans are causing in the world. In “Limits to Growth…” the authors talk about the negative impacts of human’s activities on the earth. As the authors say in “Limits to Growth…”, “Humankind’s ecological footprint had once more exceeded what was sustainable”. In “The Sacred Balance” the author’s point of view about the human’s impact on the natural word is clear from the beginning to the end of the essay. In “The Sacred Balance”, Suzuki says, “Human activity is the main cause of the current decline in the biosphere’s rich diversity and the productivity that support all life on earth”. As Suzuki and Meadows et al say, human impact is changing our nature and not in a good way. In other words, both essays refer to the human’s negative impact on the earth. These essays are trying to teach us that everyone's cooperation is needed in order to save the world from further
destruction.
A second similarity between “Limits to Growth…” and “The Sacred Balance” is that both essays talk about the importance of taking care of the earth for humans. The earth was designed to support and provide us with the essential things we need as humans. In “Limits to Growth…” the authors mention how important the health of the earth is for our well-being and the things we can do to improve the health of the world. The authors give us some tips we can use to reduce pollution in the earth. In Suzuki’s essay “The Sacred Balance”, the author mentions the importance of reconnecting ourselves with the nature, because the earth is what provides us with food, water and shelter. If earth were destroyed the ones who would suffer are humans because the earth is the only planet that can fulfill our needs. In the introduction to Sustainability, Dr Weisser says, “The earth is our home, that home has limited resources, and our collective future depends on the successful management and use of those resources” (8). The two essays share the same idea about how necessary it is for humans to reconnect themselves with nature and to prevent the destruction of our natural resources.
These two essays can have many similarities, but they also differ in a few points. In my opinion, “Limits to Growth…” and “The Sacred Balance”, differs in the way the authors express their statements. In “Limits to Growth…” the author main point is the needs of having sustainability’s revolution. They mention the importance of using renewable resources to perform a more sustainable lifestyle on the earth. On the other hand is Suzuki’s essay, which talks about the importance of reconnecting ourselves with nature. Suzuki says, “We are intimately fused to our surroundings and the notion of separateness or isolation is an illusion” (68). This means that the earth needs us as much as we need the earth to survive. The importance of earth, it self-evident. The two essays use different ways to express the same idea, which make them very different at the time of judging the authors’ work.
“Limits to Growth…” and “The Sacred Balance” are two different essays, but unique in their own ways. These two essays share many similarities, but they are also very different when showing these events. The authors use different ways to express their opinions about the topics. In Suzuki’s essay the author mention the importance of rediscovering our place in nature, while in “Limits to Growth…” the author talk about the things we can do to prevent the earth from getting more polluted. Even though these two essays talk about the importance of the earth and the negative impact of humanity on the planet, they do not use the same pattern to explain these ideas.