My Eco-Wisdom Story - Humans! Humans!

HUMANS! HUMANS!

(Readers’ Theater piece, five members)

Marissa Pare-Castro

SEA                :     I feel hot!

WIND             :     Me, too!

SOIL               :     You feel hot? I feel hotter!  It’s happening again?

MOON            :     You feel hot?  What about the Sun? 

SUN               :     It’s my power and I cannot help it.  I could kill all creatures on Earth if humans will not stop destroying the ozone layer.

ALL                 :     How can we stop them?

SEA                :     Oh, No! I have to go!  The Wind is blowing me towards the village.  Wind, Stop!

WIND             :     How could I stop! The heat forces me to blow hard!

SOIL               :     You are going to drown us all, Sea!  Stop!

MOON            :     I wish I could help.  Oh, clouds, cover the sky. I don’t want to see more deaths anymore.  Humans are crazy.  They cause their own deaths!

SUN               :     Storms are here again, more frequent, stronger than ever.  Storm surge and tornadoes make them even worse. Humans caused these and they are now reaping them.

WIND, SEA   :     (ravaging the village)

HUMANS      :     (screaming) Help! Help! We’re drowning!

SOIL               :     Wind, Sea, Stop! You’re killing them!

WIND, SEA   :     This is beyond our control!

SUN               :     It happens once again.  Humans never learn their lesson.  They saw floods before but they never changed.  They continue to waste energy, throw a lot of garbage and pollute the Sea, the Wind, and the Soil.  Mother Nature is perfect. Any disruption will surely cause destruction.

SOIL               :     Humans are poisoning me.  They throw a lot of plastics and chemicals. Sometimes I tell myself, they deserve their suffering.  Last year, they buried thousands of their kind in my territory.  They cried.  They mourn.  After a while, they enjoy.  They enjoy doing the same harmful acts to the environment.  They hurt us all.

WIND             :     (crying) Thousands died again.  How long will it take for humans to realize that they have to reduce the effects of climate change?  That they have to restore their denuded mountains and forests to save themselves and their children’s children?

SEA                :     (sobbing) I tried to spit them out from my mouth but nature has its own way.  Now that I’m back, the corpses appear and it seems to be silent at first.

MOON            :     It is still dark. When the Sun comes out, we will see the same drama once again.  Humans are humans.  Some find opportunity to be great during calamities. But calamities can be minimized if only they would make a choice.

ALL                 :     Humans!  Humans! The choice is yours humans! Stop hurting us! Stop hurting the environment! Stop hurting yourselves!