INTRODUCTION
i. In a quote stated by John Lubbock, the 1st Baron of Avebury and motivated naturalist, “Earth and sky, woods and fields, lakes and rivers, the mountain and the sea, are excellent schoolmasters, and teach some of us more than we can ever learn from books.” This quote not only demonstrates the importance of nature, but also what nature teaches us and how we use that knowledge. Nature is what keeps all living things alive and thriving. Without it, earth would be a floating mass of rock. But nature, in its beautiful splendor, provides shelter, oxygen, water, and food, all essentials of life as we know it. And using the information that nature provides for us is more important than most people understand. Without knowing about nature and what people need to do to maintain the health of our environment, all natural substances will disappear, and every living thing along with them. My Tree Trail project will help people discover what nature can do for us, and how we can take advantage of its gifts.
2. OCTOBER
i. Dear Diary,
Today, something very exciting happened! I was in French class, listening to Madame Dupré talking about the test we will have next Friday on the verb avoir, when I heard the familiar “booop booop” of the classroom telephone. After a minute or so, she got off the phone. “Sydney?” Mme. Dupré said, searching around the room. “Hi…” I mumbled, raising my hand shyly into the air. “The…principal wants you down at his office right now.” She emphasized
The affect of environmental issues occur everyday and in particular deforestation is becoming a highly ranked subject. From animals to the human race, the alacrity of trees that are cut down affects every individual in a variety of ways. Not only do people need to help the planet but they need to help themselves and further generations to come, such as children and grandchildren because these natural resources that are being taken away from society are as well shaping the future. For comprehensible reasons, forests use to make up the world, until man made creatures started to destroy and destruct the most important supply to human kind which are trees. Trees are crucial to every living entity for the reason of providing oxygen to all.
“The most practical and the most feasible solution offered, and the one on which this paper will center, involves the schoolyard. The schoolyard habitat movement, which promotes the “greening” of school grounds, is quickly gaining international recognition and legitimacy.” This quote touches on the fact that currently our schools need to “greened” meaning nature needs to be implemented not on the sidelines of fields but rather right in the center for kids to explore. There are many studied showing how children’s connection with nature at a young age helps them have a strong connection with nature along with having better health and lesser chances of depression. There are many organizations such as the National Wildlife Federation, Council for Environmental Education, American Forest Foundation, Britain-based Learning through Landscapes, Canadian-based Evergreen, and Swedish-based Skolans Uterum, that have all expresses interest in helping out with this cause. A theory that is very interesting that relates to this issue is a theory by Edward Wilson from Harvard. He had a theory that he named biophilia. Basically what this theory was about was that all people are simply drawn to nature by their very instinct. This quote has a lot of truth to it. Almost all
Aldo Leopold laid the foundation for environmental awareness decades ahead of a “ecological conscience” (257). There have many pleas to reconnect humanity with nature since the release of Leopold’s cherished book. Intuition and reason tell us that living in harmony with our world is more than idealistic—the future of our planet depends on it. The desire for harmony is not new one. Humans have long time sought to live in peace. It is genuine feelings of love and
Chris McCandless probably wasn’t the first to think, “When you want something in life, you just gotta reach out and grab it.” In the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer and the short story “Nature” by Ralph Waldo Emerson, they both have the belief that by living off of nature and preserving it, the closer one will come to understanding the nature of nature.
Nature is not altered by humanity and instead is pure, creating inspiration for people to be original. Nature is “the greatest delight which the fields and woods minister, in the suggestion of an occult relation between man and the vegetable” (Nature 221). People who believe in transcendence see the importance
The children’s book written by Dr. Seuss and the article by Anup Shah deal with the importance of nature and the importance it nature itself.
Nature presents itself around us every day, sprouting between the sidewalk and the street, potted on a porch or controlled and planned out in sectioned off lots often accompanied by a playground. Living in the city, we are not often presented with the unpredictable qualities of wild nature, an environment that is more likely to make the average person feel like an explorer of uncharted territory than a trip to the neighborhood park would ever make us feel.
The beautiful blossoms that bloom in Californian spring, the summer daisies alongside the cooling lake, long after the summer the trees have lost their leaves entering autumn to fresh white snow out in the mountains. Nature is able to show us its true beauty without any falseness and modifications. After all, is it not ironic how people go to museums to look at paintings of colorful flowers, green hills, and clear water streams; those are beauties that can easily be observed in real life outside of the urban environment which are surrounded by them, or how people buy recordings of the calming sounds of nature, similar to what you would listen to at night in the woods or smell nature aromas of the candles. What we are doing is trying to mislead our minds and pretend to think that we are in the woods but are instead cornered inside our small, well-furnished, and full -with-technology apartment.
Therefore, children must know and recognize nature and its importance in order to conserve it in the future. Secondly, scientific data has proven that there is a connection between happiness and nature. There is scientific data that has proven there is a connection between happiness and nature; nature can make you less stressed, and a more giving and relaxed person
The mystery and beauty of nature are some of the greatest phenomenons to ever exist. There are no limits to what you may discover and witness while outside and exploring. The advancement of technology has strayed today's youth far away from nature and the outdoors. Today’s prototype of success has caused people to move away from nature and instead follow laid out paths that will ensure a large income. Many brave and courageous people, such as Chris McCandless, have abandoned society and began their own pursuit of happiness. But what about nature and the wilderness is it that draws so many people to it?
He also encourages the reader to see what he could learn from the landscape. Nature is important to society because it brings the people closer together and provides further knowledge and understanding of the way life works and makes one wiser because of
Nature is necessary and everyone can gain from it, as Bryson said, he felt “...healthier and stronger…” after walking the trail. Spending time in nature can bring a feeling of alleviation. It does not only have a positive effect on one’s physical health, but mental health as well. Bryson mentioned, “He saw the AT [...] a network of mountaintop work camps where pale, depleted urban workers in the thousands would come and [...] refresh themselves on nature” (Bryson 39). Nature gives way more than people think. It can help cleanse the body and reduce any type of stress that may bother a person. Not to mention all beautiful creatures and life that live within
Nature is the strongest thing in this world that everyone takes for granted. It holds the power to create life, but also destroy in mere seconds. In the modern world, we try to figure out and use nature in a way that can benefit us, but not how we can benefit it. With a constant search for nature and its resources, it causes humans to less mindful of the wilderness around us and how no matter what, at the end, nature will outlive all of us. Humans think they can outsmart nature with their new technology and progress, but we also end up having to turn back to nature for help in order to survive. In Jack London’s story, To Build a Fire, we follow a man into the wilderness
In life we are all confronted with the idea of nature along with society. Although both have their pros and cons they work together to give us freedom and order among individuals.
Our lifestyle has always been modified according to our needs and the impact of the nature towards our needs. Our surroundings have always helped us to fulfill our basic needs. This is one way that nature draws a deep impression in human lives.