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Of all the teachers who have helped shape my life, I would say Mother Nature has been the best. For not only does she like a mother nurture her pupils but also like a strict disciplinarian punishes students who step out of line.
A student of nature learns lessons throughout his lifetime. He learns about the world around him as nature’s classrooms have no boundaries or timeframe. Nature has been the inspiration for some of the greatest human creation, be it ‘Daffodils’ by William Wordsworth or kung fu moves by the Shaolin monks. Nature has different lessons for different people.
The trees teach us to provide cover to the weak and tired. They also teach us not to be rigid in the face of strong opposition and like plants be adaptable. The animal kingdom teaches us about when to strike, always be on the alert and many such lessons.
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Up until last year, I lived in a megacity where skyscraping rectangular panels extended so high up, only a small sliver of the smog-greyed sky peeked out. And even then, our urbanite heads were likely facing forward (to navigate through the constant flow of people) or downward (to our screens).
I share the experience of waking up to a built-up landscape with 3.9 billion others. This number will only continue to increase, with the UN predicting that close to 90% of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. So, it’s inevitable that the amount of greenspace most of us see on a day-to-day basis is fairly limited, and because of this, I rarely see our world as a natural, living entity. Out of sight, out of mind, right? This sense of detachment is perhaps why many — admittedly, myself included — tend to neglect nature in everyday thought. Instead, we pay attention to the headlines detailing the latest innovation or tech gadgets that promise exciting digital realms and endless capabilities.
Why Mother Nature is Our Best Teacher
But throughout the history of technological development, our innovations have not had a great track record of being harmonious with nature. For example, we might think of the Green Revolution; an increased use of pesticides helped bring in more crop yields, but at the cost of surface runoff and other polluting means. These topics are framed to resemble a tug of war, with environmental conservation on one end, technological development at the other, and a whole lot of debate in between.
Fortunately, this dichotomy of human versus nature can turn into a more productive relationship of coexistence, if we first shift the focus to learning. At this point, you may be anticipating a sermon about the importance of education, especially in care for our natural world. But, I’m sure we already know all that (and we also know there’s still a lot of progress to be made). Founder of Biomimicry Institute, Janine Benyus, believes that instead of simply learning about our environment, there’s also a lot to be learned from it.
There are actually many anthropogenic principles that function the same way as nature does — and profits from doing so. You’ve probably heard of the circular economy, a system that enables companies to regenerate inputs while recycling outputs, with the goals of long-term resilience and economic efficiency in mind. It’s a win-win situation that imitates Mother Nature’s own cyclic functions. If we can establish this connection, then it shouldn’t be difficult to imagine a relationship with nature where we benefit learning from it and the environment simultaneously benefits from our increased care.
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