Things tagged 'writing'
Stop Trying to Save the Planet
In an editorial at Wired Science, Erle Ellis writes about dismissing the term ‘nature’ and understanding that humans have been modifying environmental conditions for a long time.
“And it’s time for a ‘postnatural’ environmentalism. Postnaturalism is not about recycling your garbage, it is about making something good out of grandpa’s garbage and leaving the very best garbage for your grandchildren. Postnaturalism means loving and embracing our human nature, the nature we have created to feed ourselves, the nature we live in. What good is environmentalism if it makes you depressed about the future?”
I dug the piece. Ellis hits it square here. Sure, we shouldn’t blame the environment for environmental changes for which we are responsible or seek to restore some fantastical idea of a pristine natural world.
“If we want these places to look like they did before us, we will have to constantly recreate them. It will be a huge job for us humans to keep nature “wild.”…We humans can totally trash the planet and still survive. We already have in many ways.
Don’t like it? Stop trashing it!
Use renewable energy. Clean it up. Repair it. Get to work. There is plenty more mileage left in this spaceship Earth. Think about that while enjoying a trip to your local zoo or arboretum — the most biodiverse places that ever existed on Earth.”
I also want to read more about landscape ecology (Via @alexismadrigal)
