Nature : A Reflection Of Human Life

Berry’s mention of the farmer and an understanding of his farm is a constant theme in this essay. Agriculture, a distribution of products born from the earth and its entrance into our bodies as nourishment, describes an interdependence. The development of highways, industry, and daily routine of work and obligation, has caused a romanticization of wilderness. High mountain tops and deep forests are sold as “scenic.” Berry reminds the reader that wilderness had once bred communities and civilization, and that by direct use of the land, we are taught to respect and surrender to it. But by invention of skyscrapers, airplanes, we are able to sit higher than these mountain tops and this is his first representation of disconnect from Creation. Mechanical invention leads one to parallel themselves with godliness, magnifying self worth and a sense of significance. What is misunderstood is that through this magnification, because there is no control or limit, we “raise higher the cloud of megadeath.” Our significance is not proved by the weight of our material wealth, rather

Human beings are part of the animal kingdom, and therefore part of nature. If that is true, then everything they create or destroy is by default "natural". I agree with the statement.

In a series of tragical events, both authors, Kittredge and Abbey, desperately want to protect nature’s land. However, both essays are written differently to capture the reader’s attention about the two different forces that are ruining the beautiful creation of nature. In the essay “Owning it all”, Kittredge illustrates that his family and him are trying to upgrade the production of agriculture in the Warner Valley, but something goes terribly wrong in their efforts of making that happen. In the essay “The Great American Desert”, Abbey expresses his love for Desert and what people should do to preserve it. Nonetheless,Kittredge and Abbey clarify that nature should be protected against the strong forces that seek to redesign the landscape.

Land art, a important branch of Earth art, is one of the predilection fields of Stacy Levy and Andy Goldsworthy. Andy is a British sculptor, photographer and environmentalist, whereas Stacy is a sculptor working on ecological natural patterns and processes. They are two artists whose body of arts are full of arrangement and placement works as well as natural involvement. Two pieces of art perfectly illustrating those characteristics are Riverine (Ikura) and the photograph 1981_023, respectively realized by Stacy and Andy. Indeed, those two artworks reflect social issues and hidden thoughts presented through specific contents and forms with both positive and

industrialized life that he just wishes for “glimpses” (11) of untouched nature. The author also

White emphasize the importance of nature through describing its beauty and contrasting it with humans and their world. Each work vividly describes the issue with the thoughts they evoke, images they create, and they employ various rhetorical strategies to convey their points. Both works use juxtaposition and irony to help illustrate the difference between man and nature, and both use techniques to overcome the limitations of their mediums. These two works are both highly effective in conveying their messages and help to bring the issue of nature’s presentation into the light. Nature contains endless beauty; a beauty that both works display and both artists wish to preserve. Though created by different artists under different circumstances, these works are united in their purposes: protecting

The yellow-grey particles gradually pervaded my lovely city; the window shows forever the blurred pircture of the outside world; as I bike along the river, I can’t even capture the shape of a ship. For the first time, the word “air-pollution” was introduced to and started to be an inescapable part of my life. Some days, I refused to step outside my room, immersed myself in novels and fantasies, as if I could create a different world through reading and dreaming. Emotionally, it is these utopian visions that comforted me, making me believe that a better ecological world could exist. As I explore the utopias created by writers, filmmakers and artists, I came to believe that the value of ecological utopia is far more than an emotional one. Different kinds of ecological utopia visions can provide us with practical methods that could solve specific problems in our world, give us freedom to come up with new insights or perspectives in establishing a better world, or, more dramatically, endow us with the power to make the necessary changes in our lives.

As is evident everything in modern life is somehow affected by advancements in science and technology. Thus in the 20th and 21 centuries Christianity is increasingly relying on science to support their views. Using this line of thinking as a basis to understand the laws of nature and medicine, and thus be better able to serve the Christian people. Such a curiosity has crossed into other fields within Christianity, leading the Christian faith to employ research into their own faith. Such being the case with distant intercessory prayer (IP). On the other hand, science strives to understand and analyze all aspects of the natural world, which since 1965 has included IP. Thus, there are both proponents and opponents to the religious claims that

When the Visions of Nature project was first explained in the beginning of the course I was immediately worried about how I would be able to create something that represented the natural world in an artistic way. Personally, I am not the most skilled in the world of art through visual and esthetically pleasing mediums. My artistic peak was reached in kindergarten when I made an impressive elephant with finger paint before the school’s annual trip to the National Zoo. At first I struggled with deciding what type of project to pursue. I wanted to do something meaningful and original, but the best I could think of was either to make a video or maybe a collage. It wasn’t until I was walking back to my dorm room late one night when it presented itself, literally. It was a pretty peaceful evening when I was passing the Dominion residence building. I did not see or hear anyone or anything around me. It was completely silent when out of nowhere a shopping cart came rolling off the top set of stairs and crashed onto the grass in front of me. After the cart had ceased to move it was completely silent again. That is when I decided that I would make a shopping cart garden. It would be an interesting piece that would capture people’s attention and would not require me to torture my fellow classmates with my sub-par finger-painting. The garden would give a tangible source for observers that would create a larger impact than

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 true beauty without modifications, exaggerations, and falseness. After all, is it not ironic how people go to galleries and exhibitions to look at paintings of colorful flowers, mighty woods, green hills, and fast clear streams; those simple beauties can easily be observed in real life outside of the urban environment which looms around them. Or the fact people purchase recordings of calming sounds of nature, like what you would hear at night in the woods or smelling nature aromas of the candles. What we are in fact doing is trying to deceive our minds and make ourselves believe we are in the woods but are instead trapped inside our tiny, well-furnished, and packed-with-technology apartment.

Natural resources are things we depend in our everyday lives. Food, water, and clean air are three natural resources that we depend on constantly. We have a responsibility towards these resources and that’s to not deplete them. We have to stand up and take responsibility and save the resource before they are all gone. If we deplete these resources the human species will die out.

I have reached earth in Evansville Indiana where I have found a place to observe the human species on earth, in a place called a “library”. The library is a location where students study subjects in a gathered location that is surrounded by walls of scriptures. The majority are using something called “google” that provides the answers to the most basic questions about our universe and are very dependent on their technology, with things like phones and computers. Whenever the humans are not talking to each other they are on their phones as is their lives depended on it and they refuse to travel without them not even to the restroom. Their interactions amongst each other are very minimal because they are very segregated. The groups are separated by interests like things called “majors” or “classes”. They seem to travel in groups and are not aware of what is going on around them because they don’t seem to care about the individuals that are trying to concentrate intensely on the bonded scriptures in English. They keep their scriptures in a “backpack” which is sewn fabric secured with two-sided teeth that can open and close. Also, all their “backpacks” are different and seem to reflect their individual personalities and interests. The louder humans have louder color backpacks and the quieter humans have a more muted colored “backpack”. Most seem to care for something called “Nike” which has been branded on almost all

The relationship between nature and literature is unique. It is observed that nature remains chief source of inspiration for many great writers. Today, the intimate relationship between the natural and social world is being analyzed and emphasized in all departments of knowledge and development. Moreover, the 20th century witness the development of critical response towards environment. At the result, the term Eco criticism comes in currency. Interest in the study of nature writing and in reading literature with a focus on “green” issues grew through the 1980’s and by the early 1990’s Eco criticism has emerged as a recognizable discipline within the literature departments of the American Universities. Eco criticism has captured the attention of many scholars over the last three decades. Eco criticism by and large is concerned with relationship between humans and the landscape. Early theories in literary studies focus on issues of class, race, gender, region as important criteria of critical analysis. The late twentieth century has woken up to a new threat: ecological disaster. Eco criticism is the result of this new consciousness, that very soon, there will be nothing beautiful in nature to discourse about

Humans project the value of nature because humans are the only beings that are able to produce rational thoughts and are therefore, the only beings that value. Since humans are the only beings that value, they are inherently the only things that determine the value of other things. In addition to my main thesis, I will address where the value in nature originates by explaining the disjoint relationship between humans and non-humans. Expanding on my thesis, I will prove the projection view is correct by showing that all arguments for the recognition view appeal to projection. Projection, meaning, humans project value on to nature rather than recognition, meaning, humans recognize the intrinsic value of nature. The value of nature is a contentious issue that not only concerns environmental ethicists, but also everyday people around the world. As our world becomes more technologically dependent, it seems that we are becoming less concerned with nature. In deciding the future of our planet, it is important that we explore the value of nature and the consequence of destroying it. I will reference and utilize quotes by Holmes Rolston III from his novel, A New Environmental Ethics, as I evaluate the Euthyphro Problem as it applies to the value of nature.

To be honest, I never have given the environment any thought and what my opinion would be on the topics that I hear around me. Sure, I’ve heard about environmental issues on the 6 O’Clock news, but never did I think about it for more than a few seconds and what position I would take on the topic of the day. After even just a few days of taking my environmental issues class, I realized that my opinion and position on certain topics do matter and that every little thing we do has such an extreme impact on something in nature somehow. One thing that I have definitely taken away from the class so far on the food chain or the circle of life and how it ties into other events occurring right now. It has been just a coincidence that during this period of time while taking this environment class that the hurricanes in the southern states and islands have occurred which have had a tremendous impact on our environment. The last topic that I want to discuss is how this environmental class and the simple effort of informing myself has changed my perspective of every animal’s purpose on this planet, and finding a new respect for these beautiful creatures that we share the world with.