Guest Ubef

As someone interested in environmental philosophy, I see the five elements as a reminder of our ecological roots. Earth is the soil that sustains crops, Water is the rivers and oceans, Fire is the sun’s energy, Air is the atmosphere, and Space is the vast cosmos we belong to. Whether we take them literally or metaphorically, they remind us of our dependence on nature. Losing touch with any of these elements — polluted water, degraded soil, toxic air — leads to imbalance in human life too.