SOP“We are forced, for the first time, to understand that we are truly a titanic force, capable of influencing and altering the functioning of the entire planetarium” (McKibben 501). This place called home is being destroyed; the damage appears irreversible. What's the point of trying to change decades of wasted water, carbon dioxide emissions and full landfills? Why try to change? Environmentalists have been launching an "SOS" for some time. This time, however, there is no ship, it is our planet that needs it. It's time to "save our planet"; an "SOP" is required. It's easy to think that a person's efforts are useless in the scheme of things, but perhaps that's not the case. Perhaps it is possible to do the impossible; perhaps the damage can be reversed and this planet will last as long as it needs to. Saving the planet on an individual level is worth the effort. Stopping the rather scary problem of global climate change would require dramatic orders to be put in place. “We are talking about the full-scale decarbonization of our country, the removal of the fossil fuel base upon which our prosperity has thus far relied,” and it all seems a little too complicated (McKibben 501). It therefore seems that a change in attitude is necessary. In many cultures, including the American one, money trumps everything and has always been that way. “If something made the economy…bigger, we would generally go along with it,” and that's the problem. Of course, the reckless attitudes of humans are becoming more and more evident as our planet falls into ever greater danger. However, perhaps by changing the general attitude of the population, the results will also change. And in the long term, putting the environment first now will allow the economy to come back to the fore. Together with...... half of the paper ......ted“At home”. BEE. Environmental Protection Agency, April 14, 2011. Web. February 26, 2012. Berry, Wendell. “Being kind to the earth.” The Blair Reader. Ed. Laurie G. Kirzner and Stephen R. Mandall. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. 470-473. Print.McKibben, Bill. “The challenge to environmentalism”. The Blair Reader. Ed. Laurie G. Kirzner and Stephen R. Mandall. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. 500-503. Print.Pollan, Michael. "Why bother?" The Blair Reader. Ed. Laurie G. Kirzner and Stephen R. Mandall. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2011. 508-514. Print.“Recycling”. BEE. Environmental Protection Agency, April 14, 2011. Web. February 26, 2012. "New York Taxi." New York taxis. July 2010. Web. February 26, 2012. "Water Conservation Tips." National geographic. 05 February 2012. Web. 26 February 2012 “Why choose organic?” DPI.gov. Department of Industries. 07 December 2011. Web. 26 February. 2012.