Nature Literacy

I believe my generation, as apposed to previous ones, is much less nature literate. There has been a gap and/or a lack of connection from the natural elements and I believe we have become much more materialistic, and thus no longer care about the earth and what it has to offer. The fact that most kids nowadays would rather play their Xbox, PlayStation or, any of their other game consoles instead of simply going outside and having fun speaks to the lack of nature literacy in my generation. People no longer leave the comforts of their home unless they are forced too. Part of the reason on why our Earth is suffering so much is that we are constantly polluting it by throwing trash on the ground, putting dangerous chemicals in the air, and smoking etc. Pretty soon we will have no open territory nor land to cultivate, it is constantly being destroyed and having construction done to it. We need to get back to respecting our Earth like our ancestors did and only use it for good and thus extract resources but, also give back to the earth.

I define nature literate as knowing about the natural world around us. To know and appreciate and not to abuse is being nature literate. to understand the 'circle of life" of how plants die, go back into the soil and become reborn again. To appreciate and to know that everything that we have, that we eat, our existence comes either directly or indirectly from nature itself is being nature literate.