The current environmental crisis and the continuing exploitation of nature is a result of many misconceptions about nature and its character .Design theory of nature has proved to be false mainly after the introduction of Darwin’s theory of evolution . But still we carry the assumption that this nature is created or designed for us by somebody and this mistaken belief make us the destructors of environment . Another misconception is that we should look after the environment because it has some intrinsic worth . The worthiness of environment is not a property of environment but something which man has added to it in the path of civilization . As per Darwin, living creatures are adapted to their environment , not that their environment was made to be suitable to them. Destruction of the environment has some links to religious dogmas and belief systems also which people used to take command over nature . Also we have the false idea that there are some laws of nature which influences or guides the life in this planet and we should be obliged to those laws . But we forget that these laws of nature were mere knowledge which needs to be seen as knowledge and truth of present times and errors of the future . For example , Newton’s laws were considered to be universal laws at one point of time but which proved to be erroneous after the much complicated view of universe by Einstein . Fact is that there is only one law which leads this world , and that is "cause and effect" . We seek out the principles and dogmas that are in keeping with our temperament, so that in the end it looks as if the principles and dogmas had created our character , given it stability and certainty , while precisely the opposite has occurred. Planned obsolescence also becomes somewhat suspect in an age of environmental concerns .It encourages us to buy novelties and throw out old ones that did perfectly well. Planned obsolesce is a subtle feature of technology itself. It force us to create more waste and environmental hazards than we can think of. Nature was not created by somebody for inhabitance of human beings but it is neutral in character. Here comes the importance of understanding and conquering it intelligently and to transform it to a place worth living in. Learning for the purpose of simple pleasures which the world of nature can afford makes a little difference in environmental protection . As we proclaim to be in a technological world , we need not be lead by technology .Technology can be built to suit our needs , as opposed to the needs being created to suit the death wish of technology. sreenivas
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