> > 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.
Modern institutions are designed to remove us as far as possible from
nature and substitute or redefine nature. For example modern religions
move us away from the wonders of a tree growing in a rocky cleft and
substitute that with worship of something for which there is no tangible
evidence. Therefore the wonder of the tree can be discounted completly
Don Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Valley Center, CA Senior Software Engineer
C/C++, Internet, embedded systems
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