To be human is to experience nature in a unique way––it is something we fit into, and it is something that we work to overcome. Our ability to engage nature in this way has sometimes allowed us to do wonderous things that have made our lives better. Just as often it has made us do terrible things that have alienated us from the natural world and harmed the world around us. Sometimes, the wonderous things and the terrible things are the same. And very often these efforts to control nature happened before we ever were born. Can we mourn our alienation from the natural world that we have inherited? Can we redeem our own lives into a greater connection with the living world around us? Can we repair the world around us?

Topics: Nature