Ambientalismo y El Ultimo Hora

I have a midterm in 20 minutes, so there's clearly no better time to go on an environmentalist rant. Please excuse me while I get my mind out in words.

We just finished watching the 11th Hour in my human ecology class and it's safe to say that this is one of my favorite movies still. Yes, it is one of the most hippy, tree-hugging, environmentalist movies of all time, but it really gets to me and really reminds me of why I am so passionate about environmentalism and the like. I also find that more I learn about ecology, the more it shapes my views on life and environmentalism and the like. However, my ecology class has also been leading to a mild inner conflict as I try to tackle the idea of global warming while still realizing and learning about historical global climate patterns and receding glacial patterns and whatnot. The conclusion I've come to is that humans are going to go extinct. It is inevitable. No one species has ever survived throughout the entire history of the globe, they always go extinct (there are a few exceptions, but humans are not one of them). [It is at this point that I added the "ominous doom" tag to this blog post.] From this I have decided that this is not where my passion for environmentalism lies. It never has. (Sorry all you Powershift amigos, but climate change has never been my main fight, instead just an aspect to it.) Instead, it lies in the maintenance of the balance of the world and biosphere. Not between humans and nature, but rather of the entire system itself, which includes humans and all resources and all other organisms here on earth. I find myself at the pragmatic side of environmentalism, and really not agreeing with non-anthropocentrism very much (a point that led me to argue with Leeor a few times, actually...).
Environmentalism, for me, is so much a full spectrum issue. It's not just about saving the trees or the pandas or the whales or anything, it's about preserving life and our ability to live. Yes, I have an anthropocentric view on environmentalism, but in the way that humans are a part of the larger ecosystem and thus their actions have effects and consequences much larger than ourselves. We must maintain the natural balance that works. Nature has mastered this art, whether its the purification of waste and decomposition, or the balance between photosynthesis, cellular respiration and the creation of oxygen and carbon dioxide used for both of these. Humans cannot replicate these processes, not to any comparable degree, anyways. In order for us to survive we must maintain these, and the lifestyle we have today only disrupts that. It throws off this balance and degrades our quality of life. With the balance of the world, comes health and happiness for humans.
End Rant.