Right now, it seems to me like the majority of the sustainability movement revolves around the "Save the (insert element of the natural biosphere here)!!!" Well.. I found this randomly today, and it really put things into a different perspective.
Yeah, humans have managed to alter the ecosystem in ways that may take a very long time (as far as human history goes) to recover. But the fact of the matter is, we are a microscopic blip on the vast timescales of Earth's history.
Yeah, we may get to the point one day where the Earth has a tough, if not impossible time sustaining life as we know it. But lets face it, if scientists and geologists are correct, a giant chunk of rock slammed into the Earth and ended life as the dinosaurs knew it, but here we are.
Moral of the story being, there is very little that we as humans could do to truly end the cycle of life or do any serious permanent damage on Earth. Only catch is, at this rate, it's going to reject our ways and go on just fine without us after a quick recovery (geologically speaking) if we don't make some big changes.
As the poster suggests, maybe we need to first start worrying about our well being as a species and a civilization before we can start worrying about the planet. Maybe on some level, we need to get people more involved in their own survival and that of their descendants, and the changes necessary for the planet to recover will come.
After all, as the poster says.. "The planet is fine... The people are fucked!"
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