A man named Robert Laughlin once said: "The Earth is very old and has suffered badly: volcanic explosions, floods, meteorite impacts, mountain formation and yet every sort of other abuses greater than anything people can inflict. Yet, the Earth is still here. She is a survivor. Laughlin clearly believes in this quote that the Earth can take care of itself pollution and extinction of species and plants. Roderick Nash, environmentalist and activist, says otherwise. Nash has published an essay, Island Civilization: A Vision For Human Occupancy of Earth in the Fourth Millennium, which clearly shows his negative view of humanity of the history between humans and nature and how humans have been biased against nature He elaborates by talking about how when people explore the world, they are destroying it in one way or another. Nash also mentions other traits of humans that should be considered useful and extraordinary. Nash distinctively looks down on human beings. It conjures up scenarios that would benefit the planet. He emphasizes his vision, island civilization. He also mentions other scenarios such as the garden, the primitive future, and the wasteland. Nash constantly blames humans for the destruction of nature and the Earth's wounds, perhaps that's true, but Nash underestimates the Earth's self-healing abilities. Humans cannot be the only thing that is hurting the Earth. If you really think about it, Earth goes through many natural disasters, which cannot be controlled. According to an activist, Tim Haering, “Tsunamis, floods, volcanoes, earthquakes, tornadoes, fires, diseases that kill nature more than we kill each other.” Earth puts all these natural things...in the middle of the paper...to go along with all the different opinions, beliefs, religions, etc. Nash has little to no logic with his scenario. It does not consider human nature. If humans didn't kill each other first, diseases would eventually arise that would kill the species. The Earth will outlive all of us, and when the human species eventually dies out, the Earth will still be here repairing itself from the damage we have caused, but continuing with natural disasters. I admit, we are polluting the planet, but there will always be some kind of life on Earth even if humans are not there. People shouldn't be too worried about destroying the planet because it will heal itself. If people started polluting it too much, the Earth would kill us. Roderick Nash, along with many other people, underestimates the power of the Earth. It can take care of itself just as it has done for over a billion years.