The Nature of Nature

Thanks for communicating your research so well to convince us (hopefully more politicians) to start taking action and protecting the wild.

Great references in this book on the economic positives of the wild on the world.

A rewarding, informative book that lives up to its title. The forward by HRH The Prince of Wales, and the introduction by Edward O. Wilson, are what piqued my interest in this book. And, as can be seen in the preview, the latter half of chapter one where the author notes what he covers in the book also aroused my curiosity. That despite thinking I already knew a good part of what the book might say. I saw it as meaningful reading that we all could benefit from in broadening awareness. I'm happy I did read it as I found the writing straightforward, learned more than I expected, and because of the manner in which the information is presented it helped coalesce and reenforce my understanding.

To quote any aspect of this book that I thought stood out would be to diminish the cumulative importance of all that it conveys, so I'm refraining from noting any particular points of interest. Instead, I can only say that, to me, ignoring this book suggests fostered ignorance and disregard for our and our children's futures. Harsh maybe, but I believe the pursuit of reality based, meaningful knowledge by a critical mass of humanity is the first step in potentially mitigating the consequences of the dire environmental conditions we are creating. It isn't through real understanding and wisdom that we got ourselves into this pickle.

"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them." ~ Albert Einstein