Humans, as creatures with unlimited needs, will tend to exploit the environment for their personal satisfaction. They will never feel enough; even if they have one, they want two, three, or four and so on. Humans will not stop exploiting nature, if necessary flattening mountains and draining oceans, just to satisfy their temporary hunger.

The Industrial Revolution in the mid-18th century marked a massive exploitation of the Earth by humans, who consider it their home. Humans traveled the world to its corners, seeking commodities that could be used as trading capital. The bourgeoisie raged in the cities, marking the exploitation of the weak by the strong.

The vast ocean floor is dredged, its fish taken on a massive scale by giant ships, for who knows whom to feed. In fact, decades earlier, tribes living on the coast never lacked food sources. They were self-aware enough to take fish from the sea only to meet their needs. So nature took care of them.

Now that satisfaction continues to be sought relentlessly, leading to disasters and wars raging everywhere to control the main source of the world's economic engine, oil. However, the dynamics of the world are always influenced by the small trait that humans possess, unlimited satisfaction.  

And of course, this principle is contrary to the positive awareness of humans themselves: to always stay grounded, get closer to nature, and maintain balance. Ancient teachings from ancient human civilizations always carry the same message, that humans should remain simple. The teachings of religions believed to be the word of God also encourage humans to always choose a simple and unexcessive life.

Then, with that natural trait, will humans continue to drain the earth until it is dry one day? Will there be a point in time when humans realize that their indifference is their own extinction?

Awareness of the human greed that must be stopped because of its great destructive power has actually grown in the hearts of young people. For example, with the You Only Need One movement, a movement for frugal living carried out by young people of the new generation in this era. This could be a small awareness, but it can have a big impact.

So, everything can start from yourself. With small steps from each individual, reversing the direction of human greed may not be impossible. Starting with taking public transportation when traveling, respecting others, diligently sorting waste, not living extravagantly, and other positive movements that are good for the environment.

Many parties may assume that changing the direction of human collective behavior is just a pipe dream. But dreaming about an ideal world, without starting with small steps, is just a waste. Because an action, no matter how small, will definitely have a butterfly effect that arises. It's up to us as individuals, as independent individuals, to choose, whether to be better, or gini-gini aja.