You're right, we often put too much value on things that are either unnecessary or meaningless, loosing sight of what actually matters. Life, as you mentioned is what matters the most and one essential element for mainting it is soil, along with water. Both, resources that we niether care about sustaining nor restoring.
We really need to wake up and take measures, in whatever capacity we can, to preserve life.

Your art and it's interpretation is always so profound and thought provoking :)

Love,
Saba.