Nature is everywhere's summary?
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As I summarized the main points of Emma Marris’ excellent talk, the argument seemed so obvious to me.
I felt like I was repeating something everyone already knows…but no one practices.
A truth that is so self-evident that we almost forget it’s true.
That point is, in a nutshell, that humankind is not separate from nature but a part of nature and it follows then that natural places are all around us.
What requires emphasizing is the impact humans have had on all corners of the earth, even those we consider to be very wild.
Also, while it may seem obvious that the “weeds” growing in an abandoned lot are in fact a part of nature, there are probably more species of weed than you realize which support an unknown number of insect species and microbes in the soil. The insects probably support bird species and so on.
The problem Emma emphasizes in this talk is not about our influence on nature, it is about our attitude towards these new ecosystems as if they are trash and not natural.
We must teach our kids that these ecosystems are natural, that many species live and thrive in them, and that our children can touch and play in these ecosystems.
This may be the only way to regain our connection with nature as a species.
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