Porous Bricks

God created a huge ball of mud, water, fire, diamonds, coal, various types of trees, plants, and herbs, various forms of life... add any number of items to this list... and put some spin on the giant ball, we call it earth. Nature was assigned several tasks for efficient management of earth, the climate for example. Nature picks up the evaporated water from one part of the globe, transports it to a pre-determined destination, and drops it there. HE left unto us what we seek on this planet.

As I see trees being cut to make way for buildings, roads being laid, concrete being spread out, I feel the earth suffocating. The "mud" surface has been covered for ever with a new layer atop and shall never see the "light" again, nor shall it get to hug the "rain drops".

We must seek ways to let the earth taste the sunlight and rain once again. The thick layers of bitumen or concrete that separate the two, we need to find ways to redevelop the "layer" so that the forces of nature (water, sunlight, and earth) could meet. I do understand that transportation has changed the world, and so have many other things. But we must let the various forces of nature complete their cycle naturally. For long now I have been thinking about Porous bricks, bricks that can breathe. Some way that the rays of the Sun or the drops of water could seep through the brick to the underlying surface. I am not sure how feasible this idea is, but I would really want to see the earth breathe normally in these concrete jungles.