A conscious effort to regain a sense of community and recover our sense of place within our natural systems is essential in an era where society has lost touch with the ways in which the greater ecosystems affect every aspect of life. This is especially true within the current industrial and economic landscape, where we are often blind to how the regional features of the land work within our community. Environmental consequences, such as drought, have a much less direct effect on daily life in the industrialized, developed world.
Our natural drive to protect life is a choice we must make, since technology allows us to move toward domination over nature in ways earlier cultures could not. Stephen Jay Gould said “We cannot win this battle to save species and environments without foraging an emotional bond between ourselves and nature as well, for we will not fight to save what we do not love.” Once we consider the ecological processes that sustain life when we make decisions will we begin to grasp a concept of sustainability. Sustainability is not just an effect of sound environmental policy, but a mindset that allows us to become one with nature, not separate from.
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