We share an ecosystem.
The operative word here is share. Contrary to popular opinion, we are not independent after all.
And, ecosystems can be damaged (we, in fact, are damaging it—perhaps even irreparably). We all lose when we seek consumption as a priority over coexistence, over collective cooperation.
The good news is that primal to the energy of all ecosystems is something built in that is greater than the damage that can be done. It will, with enough time, grow back—learn to live again. It may, however, not be the same. It may also be without some things (extinction); things that are more than just simple, unfortunate losses. But, it will eventually grow back (even if we're not here to see it or are killed in the process), because everything evolves, as a function of creation itself.
While I am primarily referring to basic biologies, I think this also applies to our humanity—our governance (yesterday seems kind of significant, in that regard), our histories, our diversities...all of our relationships with life.
We don't, in fact, ride above life, in some theoretical way from it; we only ride fully immersed in it.
We share an ecosystem.
