Nature Literacy

Since the time of our species beginnings, we have used and interacted with nature in various ways. These interactions, whatever they may be, have allowed us to evolve into what we are today. Although this relationship began as a simple need for survival, it has, over time, become an extended exploitation of the various resources that nature provides. Nature Literacy is the ability to understand and interact with nature in meaningful and useful ways. As a species, we have and still are evolving further and further away from nature. Our technological advancements, namely our increased means of social communication and entertainment, have caused us to drift yet further, and even allow some to bypass nature altogether. My generation is at the forefront of this evolution away from nature; we are the proponents of everything that will increase this distance. Unless there is a drastic change in direction for the evolution of our advancements, I believe each succeeding generation from here on will be much less nature inclined than the one before.