The heart of nature can be from the roar of the lions in the jungle, the “three little birds on my doorstep” (song by Bob Marley) chirping away, to the sound of the wave crashing against rocks.
But everyone has their own definition of nature…so they intend to have their own love and affection for it. From the picture of above, it makes you feel relaxed, calms you down, and instantly you feel like just sitting down by the waterfall listening to the birds talk and slowly falling asleep to the sound of the water crashing onto the rocks.
Many people believe nature begins in their backyard and ends there. But nature doesn’t end…its everywhere from the vegetable garden to the flower beds, from the little park in your community to the water by the bay. It even extends so far that it even engulfs the Pentagon with its greenness.
A 2007 Time magazine reported: “In a recent paper, former CIA Director James Woolseyimagined a dialogue between John Muir, the founder of the Sierra Club, and General George Patton on climate change. In Woolsey’s telling, Muir cares about the environment, and Patton about security, but in subject after subject-alternative energy, increasing efficiency, improving the electrical grid-they come to the same green conclusion, if for different reasons. ‘It just happens that the two ideas produce the same outcome,’ says Woolsey. ‘There is something there for everybody.’ “
John Muir was one of the first environmentalist who worked hard to conserve, preserve, and make the earth a better place for everyone including himself. He accomplished many things from writing books to motivating President Theodore Roosevelt to conserving parks such as the Yosemite Park. Back in the day, way back, there were few environmentalists and people working to conserve, preserve, and save planet earth. Now a whole network of people are working together to not only conserve, preserve, and save the planet, but are doing it in a luxurious way by building Eco-Homes and Eco-Cities.
By destroying habitats for harvesting crops, cutting down trees for lumber, throwing away garbage in the water, all can destroy that heart. That heart of nature that calls out to you differently than other people. Maybe its the frogs from the wetlands that was destroyed for harvesting, the monkey from the rain forest that was cut down for lumber, or even the small water fall that was clogged by garbage thrown away in the water. Its simple, caring for the environment will save what nature means to you, me, and everyone.
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Picture-http://i.pbase.com/o6/83/697483/1/74271793.ZurkMQcB.Brasstown.jpg
Time Magazine 2007-http://www.sierraclub.org/john_muir_exhibit/
