Natural Environment

For the mind disturbed,

For the mind disturbed, the still beauty of dawn is nature’s finest balm. Edwin Way Teale

Our global forests are the lungs of the world, and protecting them is fundamental for our survival. When we hand these forests over to future generations, we must be able to say we exercised our stewardship wisely and responsibly Edward Davey

Humanity is looking for

Humanity is looking for a new story. The one it has embraced since the Renaissance is no longer viable. Despite all of its positive contributions to modern life, three hundred years of scientific-technological development has left our civilization in an untenable position-at odds with its natural environment and ultimately its own deeper, collective, soul. Only … Read more

I had in mind

I had in mind a message, although I hope it doesn’t intrude too badly, persuading Americans, and especially Southerners, of the critical importance of land and our vanishing natural environment and wildlife. E. O. Wilson

We should not knowingly

We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural environments, in order to enlarge wild populations and stanch the hemorrhaging of biological wealth. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the … Read more

Destroying rainforest for economic

Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal. E. O. Wilson

The most dangerous of

The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this world. With a second life waiting, suffering can be endured – especially in other people. The natural environment can be used up. Enemies of the faith can be savaged and suicidal martyrdom praised. … Read more

Modern man talks of

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side E. F. Schumacher

Doing work which has

Doing work which has to be done over and over again helps us recognize the natural cycles of growth and decay, of birth and death, and thus become aware of the dynamic order of the universe. \”Ordinary\” work, as the root meaning of the term indicates, is work that is in harmony with the order … Read more

Shallow ecology is anthropocentric,

Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centred. It views humans as above or outside nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or ‘use’, value to nature. Deep ecology does not separate humans – or anything else – from the natural environment. It does see the world not as a collection of isolated … Read more