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...interest to the writer and her readers to consider a scientific movement generated by the prominent Harvard biologist E.O Wilson in his book Biophilia. The term is coined to describe the complex emotions that compel us to often unconsciously seek contact with living organisms--an urge that, if left unfulfilled, endangers our psychological well being...
...Wilson argues (and here I grossly paraphrase) that we should put aside the materialistic arguments about sustainable development and saving resources for future generations, or even planetary colonization. What really matters, what will really convince people to care about the health of ecosystems and their appropriate care, is the realization that by cutting down the last grove of forest outside the city limits, we lose a haven for our souls, a place of rest for our often flooded and discombobulated minds. In stronger terms, our love of life is hardwired in the material of our genome and brain...
...interest to the writer and her readers to consider a scientific movement generated by the prominent Harvard biologist E.O Wilson in his book Biophilia. The term is coined to describe the complex emotions that compel us to often unconciously seek contact with living organisms--an urge that, if left unfulfilled, endangers our psychological well being...
...Wilson argues (and here I grossly paraphrase) that we should put aside the materialistic arguments about sustainable development and saving resources for future generations, or even planetary colonization. What really matters, what will really convince people to care about the health of ecosystems and their appropriate care, is the realization that by cutting down the last grove of forest outside the city limits, we lose a haven for our souls, a place of rest for our often flooded and discombobulated minds. In stronger terms, our love of life is hardwired in the material of our genome and brain...
GREAT LAMINATE: For those who crave more '50s than Happy Days can provide, Temple, Texas, offers the Ralph Sr. and Sunny Wilson House. Built in 1959 by Wilson-Art's founder to show just how versatile his product could be, the house put pink and aqua laminate where none had gone before. Open to the public, this homage to plastic has just become a National Landmark...