I like nature. It's interesting, beautiful, and serves as a reservoir of biodiversity for things that *gasp* just don't get along well with human development.
That being said, I'm content to surround myself with domesticated nature: rose bushes, shade trees, parks, those sorts of things. I'm perfectly happy to travel to visit the wilder version of nature when I become too much of a misanthropist. Though forests or deserts are pretty, in and of themselves they can't meet my desire for convenience food, internet access, and higher education. As you rightly point out, by the time that infrastructure is in place, the forest or desert is no longer the wild and natural place it once was. By keeping Nature at arm's length, we actually value its wildness more because it takes a bit of effort to encounter.
Just because you live in a city doesn't mean you have to sacrifice being surrounded by natural things, it just takes more effort, particularly if you live in an apartment.
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Date: 2005-07-31 07:21 pm (UTC)That being said, I'm content to surround myself with domesticated nature: rose bushes, shade trees, parks, those sorts of things. I'm perfectly happy to travel to visit the wilder version of nature when I become too much of a misanthropist. Though forests or deserts are pretty, in and of themselves they can't meet my desire for convenience food, internet access, and higher education. As you rightly point out, by the time that infrastructure is in place, the forest or desert is no longer the wild and natural place it once was. By keeping Nature at arm's length, we actually value its wildness more because it takes a bit of effort to encounter.
Just because you live in a city doesn't mean you have to sacrifice being surrounded by natural things, it just takes more effort, particularly if you live in an apartment.