By Ian Witlen

28 February 2008

Human beings may posses the knowledge to build a structure using the pieces of a once living tree, yet they seem to lack the compassion to maintain the structures that they build. The walls and floors of these buildings rot and crumble into waste. Left by the wayside for others to clean up.

Humans consume natural resources only to produce excess waste. The future generations will have to deal with the consequences of today's human impact on the world.

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