There is no doubt that the environment has been deeply
and often negatively impacted by the actions of our society. What is more
debatable is our role in its restoration. Is it our duty to restore the earth
to its pre-industrial state? Or do we stand back and let nature fix itself?
We at Global feel that the environment does not need us to save it,
rather we need to change our relationship with it to allow healing. We believe
that when treated with dignity, the environment has a way of healing itself.
Environmental restoration is admirable, but human tends to go about it
in the same controlling and dominating way that caused many of the issues in
the first place.
Well-known British environmentalist George Monbiot makes a similar
argument in his new book Feral: Rewilding
the Land, the Sea and Human Life. Monbiot challenges the traditional
philosophy that we are to be stewards of the land, suggesting that us further interfering
with its natural processes is not helpful. He feels we underestimate how
powerful nature is in healing itself and that while we can help kickstart
ecosystem restoration, humans also need to take a step back and let nature run
its course, a process he refers to as ‘rewilding’.
Check out a recent CBC news article on Monbiot’s new book and his
rewilding philosophies!
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