Blog 2 - - - Reflections - Deeper Connection

Is a deeper connection to nature likely to influence out decisions? Management? Resource use? Waste generation? And values?

The connections between humans and nature are always going to be important, it our relationships with nature that can be a damaging one. I defiantly believe that the more education and understanding of our affect on the environment changes our future actions.
Decisions have been made although history involving nature, but for the most part they have been to benefit the growth and expansion of the human economy. Now that the effects of our past decisions are becoming more and more apparent, and concern for the environment are rising. People have a greener though pattern and are now concerned with potential effects a choice can make in the future. It only took a sever environmental down turn in the last fifty years, to make people become deeply connected with the environment to save what’s left, and prevent more damage. The degree decisions makes have with nature is a huge factor on choice that are made today.
The decisions today are only the start of the process; anything effecting the environment is carefully watched. Ecosystems are somewhat constant, but changes do occur. Making practice that were environmentally friendly ten years ago, might be out dated today and causing damage. Managing sites and understanding the natural cycles of nature, is a must if harmony between man and nature are to coexist.
Studying a given site is usually for a reason, the most impacting choice to modify an environment is to gain access to a resource. In the past people would search for resources and take what is needed, with no consideration of the impact of removing large quantities. Resources were also used as if there were no limit on the supply, over harvesting was also a problem. More knowledge and economic problems have change the way people think of resource. Understand how to harvest and have continual growth every year, has been a major focus. This has been proven with new farming and logging techniques. Keeping vital resources, like nutrient, in the ground benefits future harvest and keeps the ecosystem thriving.
People are efficient and thoughtful when making choices and using resource, still one problem is the waste generate. Landfills and burning waste is not a permeate solution. One program studying the reusing of already collected resource to make new ones is recycling. Recycling cuts down new extraction from the earth, and the amount of waste produced. It almost works like the natural environment, things grow, and they die, and then are reused to grow new things.
The more connect people become with nature, the better the planet function as a whole. The environment can support human activity, but the right choice and management are necessary to monitor impacts, to minimize damage.