Easter Island + New England= Earth

Though the locations of Easter Island and New England are very different their past history’s do have stunning similarities. Both locations’ landscapes changed dramatically overtime. In New England the plant community underwent a drastic cycle that encompassed the death and revival of numerous plants due to predators and even people. For example the goldenrod died and was revived several times because of human intervention and even the intervention of other plants. In Easter Island the plant life has been speculated on because it was decimated because settlers cleared land and trees to plant gardens, build canoes, homes and make fires.  Can we learn from not only the fate of Easter Island, but New England as well? My answer is yes! Earth’s landscape currently changes at a rapid pace. Every day we clear land for homes, parks, infrastructures, and stores. This alone is not completely terrible. As we can learn from the history of New England human intervention will not always destroy an ecosystem. Even though many of New England’s plants habitually died off, its ecosystem proved to be resilient and bounce back. But, an ecosystem will not always return to its prime if we are clearing more than the ecosystem can grow. As proven by the history of Easter Island we can destroy our ecosystem if we continue to ravage and demolish its content. Easter Island should serve as an example of Earth’s ecosystem on a smaller scale. We should learn not to completely leave our environment alone but to limit our intervention with the environment, because a healthy ecosystem has deaths. This does not mean that the ecosystem is dying, but it actually means that it is healthy.