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Man’s relationship and treatment of nature, in terms of the outdoors, has changed dramatically over time. This change has been almost directly related to how man relies on nature to survive. The problem has been deciding if our treatment of nature is appropriate and fair to all of which nature impacts. Do humans have the right to use nature in a way that meets our needs and wants, but takes away from those of animals? Human’s relationship and treatment of nature should correspond to our society’s needs and goals, taking from nature only what we need and trying to address the needs of everyone affected.
Our society’s increased urbanizations and industrialization worldwide has decreased our direct dependency on nature to survive. In turn, our relationship with nature has changed dramatically. Barry Lopez is a writer known for his nature essays. In “The American Geographies,” he describes this change of dependency by saying, “it has only been in the last few hundred years or so that a people could afford to ignore their local geographies as completely as we do and still survive” (152). This quote emphasizes the lack of a personal relationship with nature that most of us posses
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As with everything, there is a tradeoff when man uses nature in these ways.
Overpowering governments or corporations can take actions that are thought to benefit everyone affected, but actually have drastic consequences that were either overlooked or disregarded. This still acknowledges that humans have taken much land for industrial and urbanization purposes, but at the same time shows that we still care about nature and its preservation. Humans should use the resources on earth to their benefit as best they can, but at the same time use only what is needed, keeping in mind the other species that live in the environment. Like these humans should have, they used the resources in a particular area until that area could not supply their needs any longer. Having the means to power our boats and automobiles and provide electricity for millions of people are positive ways to improve our lives, but the tradeoffs can include pollution from exhaust or chemical admissions that are hazardous to our health. , but in fact it harmed its own citizens.
Ideally, these tradeoffs or results should be taken into consideration beforehand and weighed against the benefits of the action. Army poured billions of gallons of radioactive waste into the ground of Hanford, Washington after building a nuclear reactor (Sternfeld 912).
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