I found this quote today. It really takes the way we treat the environment to a strikingly surreal view.

We shall never understand the natural environment until we see it as a living organism. Land can be healthy or sick, fertile or barren, rich or poor, lovingly nurtured or bled white. Our present attitudes and laws governing the ownership and use of land represent an abuse of the concept of private property…. Today you can murder land for private profit. You can leave the corpse for all to see and nobody calls the cops.
- Paul Brooks, The Pursuit of Wilderness (1971)

That was back in 1971. Scary how little has changed.

On a side note my neighbor and I took a wildlife viewing ride up behind our homes yesterday. We didn’t see much, but we drove though a very large logging site. The entrance was posted with a sign from the logging company. When I got home I looked up their website http://www.mtlforests.com I was happy to learn they are harvesting sustainably. I now know where I’m going when I need FSC lumber to renovate my home.

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