Comment on 'Save the planet – a message from another world'

     The Kogi people of Colombia are the people of this world who have their eyes open. As opposed to the people of the west who they refer to as “little brother,” the Kongi spokesperson named Jacinto Zabaretahas visits Britain barring a warning pertaining to the cause of devastation that befalls his homeland in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. He tells the blind people of the west that his glaciers are melting; his storms are increasing; his landslides and floods are numerous, and his droughts and deforestation are evident. Precedence ought to be given to the source of a thing rather than its use. Take the car for example, the westerners look at its price and usefulness rather than the engineering of resources derived from the earth. Jacinto makes it clear that the mindset of America (i.e., Western civilization), is directed towards use and not reuse. This globalization mentality certainly becomes even more global as the Western infrastructure creeps into the deepest most resourceful regions in Columbia. As a result, the Kogi are taking a proactive stance by charging the Columbian government with the responsibility of their gradually depleting people and land. Jacinto makes it clear that the little brother’s destructive habits are just that, habits. Due to a culture that has forgotten how to be harmonious with the earth; the children grow up believing in an infrastructure that caters to their greed or competitive nature without global consequences. Coming from a culture untouched by western views, beliefs, or practices, Jacinto is adamant on getting the images of an environmentally harmonious culture (i.e., Kogi people) to the sight of the environmentally lost cultures via film. I applaud this culture for maintaining what they know in their hearts to be true despite the tempting luxury of the western culture polluting their lives. This stance in environmental resourcefulness truly empowers their plight to educate the “little brother” before it is too late. This is the hope I speak of in my title for all my blogs. Without determined people such as Jacinto, the world would be doomed to an unimaginable fate.