On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, eric + michiko wrote:
> Jeff wrote:
> > "What is Nature?" . . .
>
> > What we can do is interact and experience nature.
>
> This is probably why many people find themselves drawn to gardening,
> farming, animals, hiking, etc. The suburban and especially urban
> environments we have created have a serious lack in opportunity for
> connecting with, observing and interacting with Nature. I might even go so
> far as to say, the less time spent within human constructs the better (TV,
> mass media, buildings, cities, etc.)
Livng dangerously again and risking offending almost everyone who reads
this list. It is my firm belief that if one cannot connect, observe and
interact with nature in the urban core of a major city one is probably
missing most of the potential for connection, observation, and interaction
in the country and the wilderness.
I will not defend this belief. Anyone reading it can choose to ignore my
belief if it offends them.
Nature is very strong. Stronger than concrete, steel, and ashphalt.
sph
Sandra P. Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.flora.org/sandra/
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The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due,
not a garden swollen to a realm;
his own hands to use,
not the hands of others to command. --Sam Gamgee
