Tag: human nature relationship
4 quotes
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We will only conserve what we love, we will love only what we understand.
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But all of this reasoning begins with at least one fundamental flaw: it rests upon forgetting that human beings are, in fact, a part and product of the Natural world, every bit as much as pond scum and chipmunks and coral reefs and combustible…
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Humanity has spent thousands of years building the social organizations and technological mastery to insulate itself from the whims of nature.
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We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.