生态学

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• You Can't See the Picture When You're Standing Inside the Frame From time to time we neglect some aspect of our well-being because preoccupation with the problem of the moment obscures the big pictures. Then some crisis or spectacular event brings on a sudden awakening and a rush to correct the oversight. What can best be described as a worldwide environmental awareness movement burst on the scene during the two-year period of 1968-1970, when astronauts went into space and vrought back the first pictures of the earth from afar. For the first time in history, we were able to get outside the frame and see the whole earth! As a result, an annual Earth Day was launched in 1970, and many environmental protection laws were enacted in the United States and in other countries. Public opinion force... (查看原文)

  鲁智深 1赞 2019-02-13 13:09:39

• More than Knowledge The study of ecology gives us more than practical knowledge. It also shows us the earth's fantastic beauty and the incredible variety of life. Despite our increasing dependence on machines and human-made structures, the love of nature remains a powerful force in the human psyche. Aesthetic values and the conservation ethic are deeply rooted, eve nthough too often overshadowed by greed and the pursuit of short-term economic and political gain (which, unfortunately, many of us equate with the pursuit of happiness). The paradox is that although urbanization increasingly separates us from the natural environment, we are increasingly concerned about it because we are increasingly dependent on it. (查看原文)

  鲁智深 2019-02-13 12:47:42