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Index of Subjects This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01D14C6D.C1A72D00 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I am in a pessimistic (realistic?) mood and reflect on our twin global propensities to reproduce and to consume, I conclude that collectively, our intellect isn't much different from that of bacteria. Unfortunately, our generation time leaves us much more vulnerable to self-induced evolutionary pressure than are those wee bugs. Now, smile, dammit! :-) -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of Paul Ruggles Sent: January 11, 2016 11:37 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: [NatureNS] Red Herring and forestry As a modest contribution to this post I add a paragraph from my 2015 essay in the Herald published around Earth Day on the hubris Of Homo sapiens: Man has a long history of destroying ecosystems. We destroy or change ecosystems routinely. No other creature in the history of the world has disrupted as many ecosystems as Man. My intent is not to lay blame, but to warn that the cumulative effects have now become large enough to influence our entire planet's climate. It might be comforting to imagine there once was a time when man lived in harmony with nature. It's more likely that we never really did. For Man, the natural world was always something to conquer. Every grain field, every flower garden, every logging site, every dam, every highway, every parking lot, every playground, every sewer, every garbage dump - you complete the list - has destroyed an existing ecosystem. Paul R. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01D14C6D.C1A72D00 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV=3D"Content-Type" CONTENT=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <META NAME=3D"Generator" CONTENT=3D"MS Exchange Server version 14.02.5004.0= 00"> <TITLE>RE: [NatureNS] Red Herring and forestry</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <!-- Converted from text/rtf format --> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">When I am in a pes= simistic (realistic?) mood and reflect on our twin</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG= =3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">global</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"= > <FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">propensities</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <F= ONT FACE=3D"Calibri">to reproduce and to consume, I conclude that collectiv= ely, our intellect isn’t much different from that of bacteria.</FONT>= </SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"> Unfortunately</FO= NT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">,</FONT></SPAN><SPAN = LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <= FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">our generation time leaves us much more vulnerable to= self-induced evolutionary pressure than are those wee bugs.</FONT></SPAN><= SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">Now, smile, dammit= ! </FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"> <FONT FACE=3D"Wingdings" SIZE=3D= 3>J</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><S= PAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT FACE=3D= "Calibri">-----Original Message-----<BR> From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [<A HREF=3D"mailto:naturens-owner@chebu= cto.ns.ca">mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca</A>] On Behalf Of Paul Rugg= les<BR> Sent: January 11, 2016 11:37 AM<BR> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR> Subject: [NatureNS] Red Herring and forestry</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-= ca"></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">As a modest contri= bution to this post I add a paragraph from my 2015 essay in the Herald publ= ished around Earth Day on the hubris Of Homo sapiens:</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">Man has a long his= tory of destroying ecosystems. We destroy or change ecosystems routinely. N= o other creature in the history of the world has disrupted as many ecosyste= ms as Man. My intent is not to lay blame, but to warn that the cumulative e= ffects have now become large enough to influence our entire planet's climat= e. It might be comforting to imagine there once was a time when man lived i= n harmony with nature. It's more likely that we never really did. For Man, = the natural world was always something to conquer. Every grain field, every= flower garden, every logging site, every dam, every highway, every parking= lot, every playground, every sewer, every garbage dump - you complete the = list - has destroyed an existing ecosystem.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P DIR=3DLTR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-ca"><FONT FACE=3D"Calibri">Paul R. </FONT></S= PAN></P> <table style=3D"border-top: 1px solid #aaabb6; margin-top: 30px;"> <tr> <td style=3D"width: 105px; padding-top: 15px;"> <a href=3D"https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source= =3Dlink&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient" target=3D"_blan= k"><img src=3D"https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/logo-avast-v1.png" style=3D"= width: 90px; height:33px;"/></a> </td> <td style=3D"width: 470px; padding-top: 20px; color: #41424e; font-size: = 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">This e= mail has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. <br /><a = href=3D"https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlin= k&utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient" target=3D"_blank" sty= le=3D"color: #4453ea;">www.avast.com</a> </td> </tr> </table> </BODY> </HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0001_01D14C6D.C1A72D00--
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