You are not a thing.
You are a process.
Every cell, every tissue, in
constant flux and turnover.
You drink water. That water
becomes, for a while, you.
The air that rushes into your
lungs is not the same air that leaves when you breath out. The air that leaves
was, just seconds ago, you.
There is no environment that is
not us.
Therefore, the Environmental
Protection Agency might better be called the the Agency for the Protection of
Everything That Flows Through Our Bodies.
Furthermore....
We share this gorgeous planet
with other beings, our relatives.
Who also are not things.
Who also are
processes.
Some of whom regulate processes essential for our own lives. All of
whom endow us with beauty and awe and amazement and wonder.
Even if we decided to sacrifice our
own well-being, we have no right to sacrifice theirs.
There is a bright side on this
dark day for environmental protection.
Through us water has voice.
Through us soil can march on
Washington.
Through us air and climate and
ferns and porpoises can be mad as hell.
When we fight for our lives and
the integrity of our children's bodies we fight for everything because we are
everything.
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