The greatest gift

Currently I'm  majoring in communications with a minor in environmental studies.  I'm in a conservation and biodiversity course right now and I've done research projects on the matter.  In all of my researching I have found a new passion for saving the biodiversity on our planet.  One of the saddest things I found out was the quickly decreasing number in the tiger population....less than 3200 remain, and we loose more everyday.  They have a 12 years expiration date!  In my efforts to practice what I preach and help in any way I can, I found that u can "adopt endangered species" by making a donation.  In thanks for your donation they will send you an adorable plush of the species you helped save and information about the species.  It's a great way to give a gift to someone!  I hope to inspire more people to donate as a gift.  I love my tiger plush, I sleep with it every night and it reminds me of the great thing I did by donating.  Here is a link to the site if I really inspired you...http://www.worldwildlife.org/ogc/index.cfm?sc=AWY1100WC901 spread the word, our planet need our help!

Our Responsibility

Just thinking about material things today.  I enjoy my things a lot.  I'm typing this post on my laptop in my bed in my dorm room, snuggling with my favorite tiger stuffed animal. I use my things every day.  But I'm starting to wonder why I'm claiming these things.  They are not mine.  They are everyone's, they are from the same earth.  Someday i won't have this computer, I won't sleep in this bed in this dorm and I won't be holding this plush.  Someday everything that I claim as "mine" will be left for the next generation.  If these things are not mine but everyone's, this earth is not mine, but our's....why do we not get upset when we see other disrespecting this earth?  We are very protective of only the things we claim as ours, yet we share these things with so many people, essentially.  Shouldn't we protect our greatest, most beautiful, mysterious, most massive possession that we have.  When we die, will this earth still be the greatest possession for our grandchildren?  Just a thought.....