RE: WHAT IS HUMANKINDS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE NATURAL WORLD?
I am 22 years old and it deeply saddens me to see all the people in my age group so disconnected from the natural world. As you said, getting angry over being dirty, and being scared of insects. I do so much to make sure i do not become like that.
I currently live in the woods on the river. It is truly alive. I see it change every day. Shrink with sun and grow with every rain. I watch the water cycle happen. I watch the rain drops collect into streams, and runoff into the creeks... Into the rivers.. Into the ocean, only to restart as rain drops. I have gotten into mycology, and see firsthand the relationships between mushrooms and plant life.
I have even started a large indoor garden in preparation for the coming spring. I find it very fun and could not imagine a life without it. Yet so many of my peers wouldnt have a clue how to live off the land, and fend for themselves if it became necessary.
What do you think, if anything, could be done to ensure future generations are more in touch with the world around them? Or is it already too late?...
Great post, nice images, excellent points.
Thank you Jessie, for your feedback. Really nice to hear you talk about your environment and your connection with it. You should put some photos up it sounds beautiful.
I am hoping that alot of younger people will find their way back to the wilderness, sometimes it only takes one trip into the natural world to reconnect some one. But really I believe we need to reconnect first as people as communities as it is a reflection of our relationships with one another. We are nature and our respect needs to start there and work it's way out.
By the way welcome to steemit, I'm following you now.
I am just trying to get a feel for how the site works before i make my intro post, but once i do you can expect many photos. :)
I am sure you do already, but appreciate what you have while it's still here. I wish I lived like you before I entered the rat-race. You sound like a clever bloke. Take care and beware of all those bugs and monsters ;)