Thoughts on Bin Laden's House and Environmental Consciousness

I was struck by how dingy and colorless Bin Laden's supposed "mansion" was. A grimmer house one could not imagine. Gray, no paint, no stucco, only his marijuana plants were green. I was struck by the similarity to the old Soviet Zone in East Berlin. In West Berlin there were lights, colorful billboards, painted buildings--in the East-everything was gray. People that rejoice in life like color. It makes us feel alive. People that appreciate the natural world and respect it likewise rejoice in color. The green of the forest, the many blues and grays of the seas, the extravagant palettes of animals and flowers. When people don't appreciate nature, everything is gray in their souls. Just like Bin Laden's house.