tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784558949632891067.post5692855377877031619..comments2010-09-18T10:36:30.339-04:00Comments on Only Connect: Climate Change Disconnect #3Louisehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09234702038898287050noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784558949632891067.post-63320356525090722862009-12-23T12:18:12.173-05:002009-12-23T12:18:12.173-05:00Seems you learned at dad's knee to love nature...Seems you learned at dad's knee to love nature, but you needed to find your own way to a sense of ecological consciousness (so evident here and elsewhere).<br />Wildlife biology is/was so much a case of "management," reflecting society's prevailing patriarchical values. Whether it is for wife, children, livestock, or wildlife, the guy in charge may feel "love" but expresses it through vigilance and control. Let's hope, with some of those values changing, the young'uns will have a softer approach.<br />Although our tendency to simplify our surroundings - optimizing survival - is an ancient one, and not easily modified for today's world, I wish we could rely less on hard technology. Hand-cranked tools and so on used human or animal energy, not fossil fuels, and kept us fit! We have more time now, more spare calories, and less happiness.<br />I could go on....<br />Thanks for sharing.Louise Fabianinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4784558949632891067.post-29323383113402213112009-12-22T14:08:42.594-05:002009-12-22T14:08:42.594-05:00My dad is a retired wildlife biologist. However, h...My dad is a retired wildlife biologist. However, he still has a disconnect in thinking human animals are, for some reason, outside the rules/law of nature. Currently, he and Mom live in San Antonio, Texas. Their city continues growing by leaps and bounds, and is having difficulty because of it, especially where water is concerned. (San Antonio is a the northern edge of desert region stretching several hundred miles, down into Mexico.)<br /><br />If even a trained biologist sees our species distinct and separate from "nature," then how much faith can we have in politicos being wiser?<br /><br />Technology as always saved our bacon, but at some point, it no longer will. Are we there already? We've incorrectly thought so before. Are we mistaken, yet one more time again, this time?<br /><br />*sigh* And so it goes.eduardohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132790595670978827noreply@blogger.com