We are all born bonded to nature; that's why we put depictions of flowers and forests, rather than bulldozers or log piles, on our walls.
Interpretation
We have an intrinsic connection to nature, which reflects in our artistic choices.
Bob Brown's quote emphasizes the human instinctual bond with nature, suggesting that our preferences in decoration, such as choosing images of flowers and forests over industrial scenes, reveal our desire to connect with the natural world. This connection is fundamental to our well-being, highlighting how nature inspires us and is an integral part of our identity.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a speech on environmental conservation.
I have seen such an immense change from the total repression and criminality of homosexuality in my lifetime. It does make me much more buoyant and optimistic about the future. If that change can occur in that time there's hope for many other changes.
With a small fraction of the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on the Iraq war, the US and Australia could ensure every starving, sunken-eyed child on the planet could be well fed, have clean water and sanitation and a local school to go to.
The future will either be green or not at all.
To stay in one place and watch the seasons come and go is tanatmount to constant travel: One is traveling with the earth.
Maybe nature is fundamentally ugly, chaotic and complicated. But if it's like that, then I want out.
Businesses and governments need to work together and make a joint commitment if we want to address climate change effectively and quickly.
The only words that ever satisfied me as describing nature are the terms used in fairy books, charm, spell, enchantment; they express the arbitrariness of the fact and its mystery.
Wildflowers are the stuff of my heart!
I have had the good fortune to see how my articles have directly benefited some farmers and helped build markets for their products in a way that preserves land from development. That makes me a hopeless optimist.
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