'Pagpag' economy

LEFT alone, nature cleanses itself. But when humans come in, supposedly the most intelligent among the living species, nature deteriorates. It becomes a wasteland. It rots.

And yet we humans are not only part of nature. We ought to be masters of it. We have brain power and muscle to create and provide the means by which nature can be protected and developed not only for our own welfare but also for that of our fellow creatures.