However, the poet still loves Australian land no matter what the land looks like. This is shown through the use of emotive language, “thirsty paddocks”, pitiless” and “cattle die” to portray the consequences and horrible experiences of the drought, thus helps the audience to generate an image of Painful land with various challenges. However, the poet believes Australians are optimistic so they looks more forward to the positivity of the future of Australian land as shown, “And we can bless again”. The use of first person plural, “We” makes the reader feel included as a privileged member of Australian society who will successfully battle these challenges and survive. Moreover, the use of juxtaposition, “droughts and flooding rains” portrays the harsh beauty of the country that makes it challenging for Australians to survive.
President Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was known for his love of nature. This was conveyed most strongly in his speeches, such as “Conservation as a National Duty”, in which he advocated for the preservation of natural resources in the interests of the nation and its people. In this speech as well as others he gave during his term as President, he stressed that conservation did not just pertain to preserving natural resources or deferring their exhaustion; rather, it was closely intertwined with the patriotic duty of ensuring that the nation would be able to provide for future generations, and was second only to the “great fundamental questions of morality”. One such example of how Roosevelt connected conservation with morality is found in his “The New Nationalism” speech, given in Osawatomie, Kansas in 1910. Here, he compares the way he believes the nation must behave in terms of conservation to the manner in which a farmer acts in reference to his children and the land that provides for them.
When people think of the environment they think of many things. To some, the environment could mean nature while others may consider it to be an entire ecosystem. In the book, “The Spell of the Sensuous,” philosopher David Abram discusses how humanity needs to reconnect with the environment and that the solution is to reduce our use of technology. He believes that once we are one with the environment, we can then proceed to treat it correctly and fix our mistakes. In the book, “Animal Liberation” the author, Peter Singer, defines “speciesism” and how animals and humans should be considered equally due to the fact that they both feel pleasure and pain.
Everyone wants something in their life. A new phone, new clothes, jewelry, toys, and other luxuries. But did you realize the price tag does not show the full price? “Saving The Worlds”, and “The Race to Save the Elephants” by Mary Kate Frank believes that because of our negligence and cupidity, animals and environments are the ones actually paying for your decisions. Mankind are incessantly ruining their lives by obliterating their habitats, overfishing, poaching, producing pollution, and other nefarious methods.
In Nancy Turner’s article, “Wealth and Value in a Changing World”, published in 2005, from Earth’s Blanket: Traditional Teachings for Sustainable Living, she addresses how the massive reshaping in the way wealth is perceived has affected indigenous ways of living and eating on Vancouver island. Turner argues that the shift in the priority of ecological wealth to financial wealth has induced the growth in power of western ideals and systems. As well, the decrease in the value of traditional wealth leads to the disregard towards environmental, economic, and social repercussions of the actions of these introduced systems, such as the loss of indigenous culture and knowledge. I believe that Turner’s reasoning is significant, because, while sustainability
Picture yourself hiking through the ancient redwoods of Yosemite, their towering majesty instilling a profound sense of awe and humility. These national parks, with their breathtaking beauty, have the power to touch our souls and ignite our deepest emotions. They provide solace in times of turmoil, healing for weary hearts, and inspiration for artists, poets, and dreamers. By preserving these landscapes, we ensure that future generations can experience these transformative moments, fostering a love and respect for the natural world that will last a
Nature can unlock someone’s purpose because it lets others see what the world has become an what they want to make it. It can also bring people together as Montag recalls, “And on either side of the river was there a tree of life which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded fruit every month; And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations” (158). The leaves are the bonds between people that let countries heal and reconcile.
He argues that we should treat our land with care and respect as we now treat one another, for we will be ushering a new era of change the is all for the better. The second half of the essay begins with "The Ecological Conscience". Starting off by stating “Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land” and going on to describe how our fight for land is improving it is moving far too slow. This transforms into the
The central argument is that human’s dependence on nature not only comes from material needs, but also from their emotional and spiritual desire, a satisfying fulfillment. Interestingly, Kellert not only elaborates why these nine dimensions came to be by using the evolution theory, but also demonstrates how the nine human-nature relationships could shape human’s interaction with environment today. For example, the Utilitarian and Dominionistic values enable people to exploit the physical materials of the nature as a basic mode of survival, but in the same time foster our destruction toward the nature; the Naturalistic and Ecologistic-Scientific values grow out of human’s intrinsic curiosity, but in the same time enhance our appreciation and respect toward nature. They all embody certain advantages for human’s physical survival, while exerting varies impacts on our attitudes and interactions with
The harsh reality surrounds the fact that as time and technology advances, the separation between people and nature increases as well. Louv, in his rhetoric from Last Child in the Woods (2008), argues why the separation between society and nature is distressing.
Natural resources are important for survival, without them people wouldn’t live. In Honduras natural resources are being wasted or not taken care of, for example trees are burned very often. “Natural resources are very important to all communities throughout the world. In fact, without natural resources, we couldn’t survive!
“Stewardship view is whereby human beings conserve the environment by avoiding any form of deterioration” (Wilson, 1962) and this view started in the ancient times during the Greek-Roman era. Stewardship tradition by Passmore involves the belief that humans are entrusted with the responsibility to take care of the earth 's splendour and productivity (Attfield, 1983). According to Simmons (1989), this view of stewardship sees nature as a set of resources which should be used to meet the demands of humans. Plainly, this view emphasizes the fact that humans have a responsibility to take care of the entire environment and that their interaction with the environment should not jeopardize the environment in any case since humans are said to be stewards. Socrates philosophers ' view on this matter emphasizes the tradition which says animals are created for the benefit of the humans and as a result the humans gain more advantages from animals compared to plants because animals
Therefore, we need to think about tomorrow with respect to every action that we take in the environment and in this case we can say that sustainable development requires slower population growth. With this in mind, we need to be educated through our cultures about the impact we caused to the environment as we continue to reproduce. The challenge of environmental ethics has led to the attempt to apply traditional ethical theories, including consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics, to support contemporary environmental concerns; the preservation of biodiversity as an ethical goal; the broader concerns of some thinkers with wilderness, the built environment and the politics of poverty; the ethics of sustainability and climate change, and some directions for possible future developments of the discipline [ CITATION And15 \l 1033 ]. With this multi-dimensional approach one can see that it is more of a cultural issue to think of it from its origin.
Introduction: Our earth is the most precious gift of the universe. It is the sustenance of ‘nature’ that is the key to the development of the future of mankind. It is the duty and responsibility of each one of us to protect nature. It is here that the understanding of the ‘environment’ comes into the picture. The degradation of our environment is linked with the development process and the ignorance of people about retaining the ecological balance.
“Report to Wordsworth” by Boey Kim Cheng and “Lament” by Gillian Clarke are the two poems I am exploring in this essay, specifically on how the common theme of human destruction of nature is presented. In “Report to Wordsworth”, Cheng explores the damage of nature caused by humans and man’s reckless attitude towards this. In “Lament”, the idea of the damage of oceans from the Gulf War is explored. In “Report to Wordsworth”, Boey Kim Cheng explores the theme of human destruction of nature as a response to William Wordsworth, an romantic poet who celebrated nature’s beauty in his poetry.
