Field of summer flowers at Beautiful Mt. Rainier, Washington - 2015 Climate change and global warming is a major threat to our natural resources. Carbon output, mass forestation and harvesting, and increased consumption without Stewardship of our natural resources not only threaten our economic outlook, but our future generations well being, our planet and our existance. Tread not to one extreme or another, but be as an acrobat, and balance carefully along the tightrope with careful planning.