Human virus or the nature of things...

A place called the Badlands. Funny how a place so devoid of life can be so beautiful. How did the badlands come to be? It was a section of land cleared for farming and livestock grazing the land was eventually eroded away and exposed the underlying red and grey shale.

To me this represents all that mankind shouldn't be, it shows me that the human race is not much better than a human virus that consumes with out care for the survival of what it consumes. Think of the extinct species of animals that will never bee seen again, the resources that we consume, trees, fossil fuels.

I am not much better than the virus I speak of, I recycle, I drive an economic car but I still consume fossil fuels, my house is still made with wood framing. I am just not sure how to go about doing more, I think most people are like that. Looking for the answer in an environmental movement that isn't overly expensive and relatively easy to follow.