We use her and abuse her Why? with poll

The twentieth century saw both increased appreciation for and exploitation of nature.  Why hasn't "nature loving" led to treating the non-human environment in a more sustainable and respectful fashion?

1. Greed, unless and until the corporations find a way to make a profit out of being environmentally responsible, little will change.

2. Apathy, unless and until people in general raise a united voice signaling that we will no longer tolerate the unchecked exploitation of resources in an unsustainable way, nothing will change.

3. Ignorance, unless and until everyone acknowledges the severity of the environmental problems we face nothing will change.

4. Ignorance II, unless and until Western Europeans who have been informed by the Judeo-Christian ethic that Christ will take responsibility for their sins, start taking responsibility for their own actions, nothing will change.

5. We are compulsively addicted to over consumption, and like any addict, are unable to control our addiction even in the face of ruin.

6. Our youth have become increasingly nihilistic, believing that to live for today is best, because there is little to look forward to in the future. Since the future is so bleak, why try?

7. We are so alienated as a culture from the reality of the planet upon whom our lives depend that many really don't know that the nature they turn to for rest and respite is in serious trouble on multiple fronts.

8. Those who are aware of both the issues themselves and the complexity of the issues are downright overwhelmed. We don't have a lead organization that addresses multiple issues in a systems analysis format that can address the multiple problems inherent in solving really wickedly complex issues.

In addition:

I'd love to see a grassroots organization that took a systems approach to the multiple issues currently being discussed, and develop system wide strategies to correct problems looking at environmental solutions as well as methods for re-employing people displaced by the solutions they propose. I'd like to see effort made to move people from unsustainable practices seamlessly into sustainable practices in a way that doesn't bankrupt the people employed in unsustainable technologies just because they have to pay their rents, mortgages, and feed their families. Idealistic? Probably. It still is what is going to have to happen if we are to avoid anarchy when we make the necessary transitions. And we will eventually have to make those transitions. We only have the one planet, and by most accounts we are pushing the carrying capacity of it as we speak.

I'm open for suggestions folks, help me out here!