Nature and You

What does nature mean to you?

Why do you care about nature? What is it about nature that makes you want to fight for it? 

This week's classes primarily focused on the changes on how dependent nature has been on man and vice versa. Dependency in resources, preservation, and intrinsic beauty. Earlier in time, humans were very much dependent on nature for food, resources, and shelter. This has turned, for the dependency has changed and today nature is at its knees to humans. Further destruction is at the will of our hands, and nature is at our mercy.

 An 11 year old Josie Greveling can sum it up pretty well...

Look Outside, see the trees
Watch the flowers in the breeze
Things won't be like this in a year or two
If polluting is all we do
Seize the night
Seize the day
Things won't always be this way
Thousands of people are dying
In the night you hear children crying
Let's stop the war
Our people are sore
The world can't help itself
Who cares about your wealth
Help me to help you
Show the world what you can do. Source

It is hard to convince people that from which we take take and take is worth saving and fighting for. People like John Muir back a century ago did the same exact thing- tried to change the mindset of the American. The view Muir had on the world was absolutely worth fighting for, and he believed that if people could see the world and see nature for themselves, they would agree with him. My question to you.... is the world worth saving? I think so.