Let's hope we squeak through, especially the innocent non-human others. If people consume less and have only one child, two at the most, and build local communities, eat more bioregionally, and volunteer/donate to nature conservation everywhere, there is a chance. Degrowth on all levels is the path. Scale down!
Thoreau expressed his love for nature so well. When I taught “Walden,” the students always loved it. “In wildness is the preservation of the world” —what a great expression of wisdom and insight. I am very upset with the Trump administration for cutting funding to the national parks, which are among our greatest national treasures and a manifestation of our commitment to preserve wildness. Also upset with his decision to remove protections for wild salmon, an amazing species once abundant. One of the elders of a native tribe that relied on salmon for subsistence recalled how as a boy he heard the sound of the salmon returning to spawn and making their way up the river. He said you could hear them coming and everyone got so excited—it was like “the sound of a thousand oars striking the water.” So sad what has happened to them. Thanks, Tony, for your article and for continuing to inspire us! Your work is impressive.
Thank you for your kind words. The world has lost so much life to a great extent because of our grossly narcissistic culture. However, there is so much yet to be saved and restored. It's our moral responsibly to engage accordingly.
Let's hope we squeak through, especially the innocent non-human others. If people consume less and have only one child, two at the most, and build local communities, eat more bioregionally, and volunteer/donate to nature conservation everywhere, there is a chance. Degrowth on all levels is the path. Scale down!
Thoreau expressed his love for nature so well. When I taught “Walden,” the students always loved it. “In wildness is the preservation of the world” —what a great expression of wisdom and insight. I am very upset with the Trump administration for cutting funding to the national parks, which are among our greatest national treasures and a manifestation of our commitment to preserve wildness. Also upset with his decision to remove protections for wild salmon, an amazing species once abundant. One of the elders of a native tribe that relied on salmon for subsistence recalled how as a boy he heard the sound of the salmon returning to spawn and making their way up the river. He said you could hear them coming and everyone got so excited—it was like “the sound of a thousand oars striking the water.” So sad what has happened to them. Thanks, Tony, for your article and for continuing to inspire us! Your work is impressive.
Thank you for your kind words. The world has lost so much life to a great extent because of our grossly narcissistic culture. However, there is so much yet to be saved and restored. It's our moral responsibly to engage accordingly.
Absolutely!