Humans are part of nature and subject to it. If we mismanage our resources, we die. At the rate we are mis-managing resources and allowing biodiversity to crash we are only a little off from the prediction in Soylent Green. Soylent Green took place in 2022. I suspect that if climate change keeps moving and habitat loss continues, we will be lucky to last until 2200, expect to start seeing the real crash around 2100, especially in ectothermic vertebrates. Of course, many believe that we will be meeting the rapture before then so who cares! (tongue in cheek). I hope they are right because I feel for a society that must figure out how to feed its populace when the supporting ecosystem services are devastated.
Malcolm McCallum On Sat, Aug 8, 2009 at 11:11 AM, William Silvert<[email protected]> wrote: > An anthropologist writing on another mailing list wrtoe that "... human > beings, and indeed human cultures, have developed as a part of evolutionary > processes. This is something that a fair proportion of ecologists do not > acknowledge. At my Ph.D. institution, I have had ecologists tell me that > humans ARE NOT part of nature!" I find this statement remarkable, and would > like to know whether it is indeed true that "a fair proportion of > ecologists" feel that "humans ARE NOT part of nature". Comments on this > would be welcome. > > Bill Silvert > -- Malcolm L. McCallum Associate Professor of Biology Managing Editor, Herpetological Conservation and Biology Texas A&M University-Texarkana Fall Teaching Schedule: Vertebrate Biology - TR 10-11:40 General Ecology - MW 1-2:40pm Forensic Science - W 6-9:40pm 1880's: "There's lots of good fish in the sea" W.S. Gilbert 1990's: Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss, and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction MAY help restore populations. 2022: Soylent Green is People! Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.
