by Taetske | 4:22 pm
(Last Updated On: August 7, 2021)

 

Mother Earth cares for all of us but we have not discovered a fraction of all her gifts

 

Planet Earth

Planet Earth image Wikilmages

 

According to scientists, she is 4.543 billion years old. They might be of some 50 million years but let us not get hung up about her age, because at that age 50 million years are peanuts. Up till now, she is the only planet where life exists, life as we know it.

But when you look at the sky during a starlit night, one cannot but think, trying to fathom the incomprehensible amount of stars we can see with a naked eye, to not think even about all we cannot see, there must be more than only us.

For those who believe there is only one earth, it is the more unbelievable that we treat her without respect. You will probably have heard the phrase: There is no planet B, well, for the moment there is no planet B for sure. Then why do we treat her so badly?

This is not a post where I want to talk about all the sins we commit to our environment. Remember, the environment is our habitat, right? I only want to touch upon a few of the many ways of polluting our world that modern men are so capable of.

I wanted to talk about what Mother Earth does for us, acting as a genuine mother, forgiving her unruly children, and again coming up with solutions when we have caused a problem and do not know what to do anymore.

I should not forget to mention a very important gift which nowadays is getting more and more publicity. All the things that can be made with Hemp are really amazing. From clothes to building bricks and many things in between.

Then the CBD industry is booming and many different companies are on the market. You might want to join one of them as it could provide you with extra income while it is also very good for your health. Have a look at the following post which will make it easier for you to find the best company that fits your needs.

 

Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest image Andrea Leitold

 

The Amazon rainforest

Did you know that the Amazon rainforest is disappearing at the alarming rate of some 20.000 square miles a year? Over 20% of the Amazon rainforest has already been lost. So sad as so many still has to be discovered. We will never identify all the fauna and flora. It is said that it took some 100 million years to form.

One realizes how important the Amazon rainforest is when one hears it provides 20% of Earth’s oxygen. It is one lung of Mother Earth and when it is gone we will have problems breathing as this place is a vital piece of the Earth’s ecosystem.

Scientists think there is a minimum of 1000 unknown marine species to be discovered on top of the known 2000 species of fish. Then there are over 2000 bird species living in the rainforest. We assume there are at least one million plant species that grow there and many hold medicinal properties of which we have no knowledge yet and perhaps never will.

 

Polluting Industry

Polluting Industry image analogicus

 

The air we breathe

It seems that the air we breathe on a daily/nightly basis is getting worse. We cannot stop breathing just because we sleep. The sad thing is, we are polluting the air with many different things. There are pollutants from our car exhaust pipes, and factories with those smoke plums which can hold toxic particles, even if by law it is forbidden.

In 2016, a big car tire dump caught fire and produced some awful smoke. On this YouTube, you can see it.

.

.

This is an interesting video talking about New York City and how they managed their waste problem over time.

.


.

Landfill accident in Spain

Just recently in Feb 2020, there was a terrible accident in a big landfill in Spain. 2 Workers got covered by a landslide, then a fire started and the people living nearby were told to stay in their houses with the windows closed.

Humans cause the pollution of the air. We need oxygen to breathe so it is rather strange we cut oxygen-producing trees at an alarming rate. Then there are huge fires worldwide. All in all the air is becoming of lesser quality and causes many respiratory-related ailments.

 

The air inside your house

I live upcountry in an old farmhouse. In the winter, I open the windows and air at midday, and in the summer I open everything early in the morning when it still is relatively cool. I air especially the workrooms and bedroom by opening the windows on all sides to really renew the air completely.

I am surprised to find out there is a study that stated indoor air is rarely refreshed? It seems that in Western countries people spend a lot of time inside their homes, in some cases up to 90% of their time. Imagine when you breathe the same air for days on end, really awful.

 

It seems there are 7 common indoor air pollutants

Carbon monoxide (CO)

Radon is a gas that is produced during the decay of elements such as uranium and radium. It has radioactive particles that will damage the cell lining of our lungs.

Then we have nitrogen dioxide (NO2)

How about secondhand smoke?

Then we have to include some lead particles, asbestos, and for good measure add to it all, some mold.

All these things can be in the indoor air you breathe also because you do not air your house daily.

We often bring the pollutants home in things like badly made candles, air fresheners, etc. They discovered that those plug-in-fresheners could contain 20 organic compounds. At least one-third have been classified as toxic or hazardous. Then there are things like xylene, benzene, trichloroethylene, and formaldehyde.

All of this you will have in things like lacquers, insect sprays, cleaners, and air fresheners and the list is quite a bit longer. All this nasty stuff in the air you breathe can cause irritated throat, headache, and breathing problems.

 

Greenhouse

Greenhouse image Petra Faltermaier

 

The solution for cleaning the air, a gift from Mother Nature

Nature can be a big help and as houseplants, can provide the solution to bad air in your home. Here are some you might consider using.

How about a Dwarf Date plant? You have to be careful as it has pointed needles, so do not get hurt. This plant grows slow but is drought resistant and in the meantime, will do a superb job by filtering the xylene out of the air.

Then there is the so-called bathroom plant, the Boston Ferns. It loves humidity and little light as it is native to the forests. A great helper as this plant gets rid of xylene as well as formaldehyde.

The Spider plant can remove 95% of formaldehyde from a closed environment in a 24-hour period, thanks to its spider-like offshoots. It is a super plant.

Chinese Evergreen does not need much light but keep it standing in a high place as the leaves are toxic when ingested. This plant is strong and will live a long time and meanwhile will filter formaldehyde and benzene.

There are more plants that will do a good job of cleaning your indoor air, like the Weeping Fig Plant, English Ivy, Gerbera, and Lilyturf.

 

Mother Earth gives a hand

Here is an excellent book on helpful indoor plants you might want to get.

.

.

Conclusion

Mother Nature is great. She provides for all our needs even if we do not appreciate it.

I have made a page for my visitors, you might like to have a look at Recommendations.

 

Source: The Urban Monk, Newsletter 21 Feb 2020

Photo Source: Pixabay

 

There are many helpful plants. One of them is Aloe Vera. I use it all the time. Like just the other day, when pouring the pasta, some of the hot water got on my hand. It hurt, I quickly poured cold water over it, and then I used Aloe Vera a couple of times a day. Like that, I did not get a big blister. You might like to read the following post.

An Amazing Healing Plant for Daily Life

 

Comments

Patrick

Hello there. Well firstly without mother earth we wouldn’t have a world to even live in. Mother earth supports us more thank you can ever imagine, she gives us the free gifts of air, humanity needs air and without it, we would go extinct.

And about the book, you recommend on your post the overall content was very good. However, I have already read the information included here somewhere. if you are new to this thing, then it is still a good reference. Thanks for sharing. 

Feb 25.2020 | 07:12 am

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Patrick,

    Thank you for your visit and for leaving a comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    Mother earth provides for nearly all our needs. The stupid thing is we pollute the air we need to survive. Anyhow, I hope a lot of people will wake up and realize what is happening in our world.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 25.2020 | 04:31 pm

Geri

I am truly inspired by your post. Yes, I agree that we need to respect Mother Earth as much as we can as we have mistreated her for many, many years already. I especially love the idea of incorporating plants in our daily lives as a solution for keeping the air clean. You, just putting out this post is greatly helping her already. Thank you.

Feb 25.2020 | 07:14 am

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Geri,

    Especially younger people are more conscious of what is happening in our world. That is good as they will have to live their life here. Hopefully, they will take better care of Mother Earth, as we, the older generation, have made quite a big mess.

    Thank you for your comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 25.2020 | 04:37 pm

Shanta Rahman

Many thanks to you for sharing such an excellent article with us. Mother Earth is caring and necessary for all of us. Personally

I cannot identify many animals and trees of the Amazon rainforest as I have not seen them before. However, this rainforest’s role in providing oxygen to the earth is outstanding. To know that one of Mother Earth’s lungs is the Amazon rainforest is quite amazing.There are also many species of plants and animals that we should be saving.

I think we are polluting the air in different ways from the car exhaust pipes, and the factories which emit poisonous particles, etc. To protect Mother Earth, I planted trees all around my house. The spider plant seemed like a super plant to me.I

I  planted aloe vera inside my house and through your article, I discovered some more trees that I must plant and I will share with you my new experience.

Feb 25.2020 | 07:25 am

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Mobashera,

    Nice to see you again. Thank you for your comment.

    I was wondering how your Aloe Vera grows inside the house. I have these plants in some flower pots and also directly planted in the garden.

    As I air my house every day I do not need those special types of plants to purify the air. I am a big fan of orchids and they are doing very well standing in the windows on the south side. I only water them every second week.

    It is really important to take special care of Mother Earth, as I said in my post there is no planet B.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 25.2020 | 04:54 pm

jahangir alam

Thank you very much for writing this article. You have compared the earth to the mother. Just as a mother gives birth to a baby and loves her, so does the earth provide us with oxygen to survive. We ourselves, our living quarters, are making this world ineligible.

 The Amazon Forest is in the midst of destruction today and biodiversity is becoming extinct due to the polluted environment. We have to be careful about the environment in order to live a healthy life. I hope to be aware of this in the coming days. I will share the article so that everyone can be aware and keep the environment pollution free.

Feb 25.2020 | 07:39 am

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Jahangir,

    Thank you for your visit and for your comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    Mother Earth provides for our needs but we have to learn how to manage all the resources in a better way. We must stop polluting air and water and then not waste it like we are doing now. In the future water will have become so precious, more than gold and oil.

    It is so sad that the Amazon rainforest is disappearing. We could discover so many helpful things but it will be gone before that can happen. I hope the younger generations will do better in protecting our environment.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 26.2020 | 03:30 pm

Parveen

Hey, I enjoy it a lot reading your article and find it has very useful information for everyone. We all know that Mother Nature is great. She provides for all our needs even if we do not appreciate it. There are many great plants which help with cleaning the bad air in our house. Another helpful plant is Aloe Vera. It is really very useful as you mentioned in your article for skin problems like burns and cuts. In my opinion, everyone must have Aloe Vera at their home.

Feb 25.2020 | 01:19 pm

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Parveen,

    Thank you for your visit and for your comment. Nice to see you again.

    Good to hear you found my article informative. Mother Nature is amazing and yes, we should appreciate it more and also take better care of our environment. I hope you have good air in your house and do not forget to air regularly.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 26.2020 | 03:45 pm

Lalita

You are doing awesome work. One starts realizing how important the Amazon rain forest is when one hears it provides 20% of Earth’s oxygen. It is one of the lungs of Mother Earth and when it is gone we will have problems breathing as this place is a vital piece of the Earth’s ecosystem. Thanks for sharing such a lovely guide.

Feb 25.2020 | 03:23 pm

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Lalita,

    Thank you for your comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    Having 2 websites and writing posts now for 3 years has made me realize there are many things wrong in our world. One of them is we do not care for our environment which is our habitat after all. I hope the future generations will do a better job and I also hope it is not too late.

    Regards, Taetske

    Feb 26.2020 | 03:53 pm

Kerri

It looks like you’ve misspelled the word “alam” on your website. I thought you would like to know :). Silly mistakes can ruin your site’s credibility. I’ve used a tool called SpellScan.com in the past to keep mistakes off of my website.

-Kerri

Nov 09.2020 | 08:45 am

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Kerri,

    Thank you for pointing out that mistake but I have checked the text of my post a couple of times and do not find it.

    Anyhow, thank you for your visit and for your comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    Regards, Taetske

    Nov 12.2020 | 02:03 pm

LineCowley

As an eco warrior, I love reading posts like this. It is very sad how many people treat our planet as a giant garbage can, I live in Italy where I see on a daily basis how little respect people have for the environment and just throw their rubbish anywhere. 

I also have an Aloe Vera plant outside my kitchen door and use it for many useful applications, including rubbing the leaf on insect bites. 

Apr 20.2021 | 03:38 pm

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Line,

    Nice to see you again. Thank you for your comment.

    I keep fond memories of my 5 years in Italy. I studied and worked there from 1969 to 1974.. I am living in a village close to Malaga-Costa del Sol in Spain. I must say that here the town hall takes a lot of care on having the village clean and well kept. They have improved a lot over the 40 years I have lived here.

    I love Aloe Vera too and have them in my garden. A great remedy for cuts and bruises.

    Regards, Taetske

    Apr 21.2021 | 03:28 pm

Mike

This really is a well written and informative article. It is so true that we must care more about ‘Mother Earth’. 

It has been around for so long in, maybe too many of us simply take for granted that it will always be here as it is. Whilst it may be here, it may not be in our best interest to treat it with disrespect. There are many things that we do that don’t improve the natural habitat that we live such as destroying the rain forest of the Amazon. as you mentioned.

There is also a frightening number of plastic bags destroying the ocean wildlife that many seem to forget. 

I am glad you mentioned the use that hemp has. We need to take steps to help use carefully our natural resources rather than destroy them.

A great post and I hope it is read by many.

Apr 20.2021 | 03:49 pm

    Taetske

    Good afternoon Mike,

    Thank you for your visit and for your comment. I hope you downloaded your free PDF? Tulip widget.

    I started with my websites in January 2017. During these years, I have come across many interesting things. The careless behaviour of humans has also shocked me. My world view now differs from years ago.

    Too many things are wrong in our world and my impression is we go in the wrong direction. For many things it is too late already. On the other one comes across some information that is hope giving. I just wonder in what kind of world the future generations will live.

    Regards, Taetske  

    Apr 21.2021 | 03:18 pm

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Skip to content

By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. more information

The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. We use cookies to personalize content, provide advertisements, and analyze our traffic. We do not utilize social media so your information will not be shared. Click on our privacy policy banner at the bottom of this page for more information. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this.

Close