Nature Literacy

My generation is becoming less and less nature literate. Many people do not even recognize nature as a separate being; most people view their surroundings as boring, passive scenery. Young adults are growing up in a place that is converting into a more wireless and paperless world every single day. Even here at Temple I hand in the majority of my assignments online, never actually having a hard copy in my hand. Nature literacy to me is the ability to recognize and interact with nature on a regular basis. One should not only notice the natural environment, but appreciate it too. If the ways things are going now continue for nature, there will be less of it every year.