My View of Nature

My view of nature has only changed a little throughout my life. Only recently, with the increasing information on global warming and the damage it’s doing, has caused me to change how I live my life. It has, though, significantly, changed how I view nature. When reading the third chapter of Mark Maslin book and how people determine the future, I’ve realized that I believe, according to Maslin, in the myth of “Nature perverse/tolerant”.

I believe in that myth because I do believe that even though global warming could be the end to the Earth, I also believe in that we have the ability to change the future. There is no way for a “Nature benign” myth to be true when the proof is appearing every day in the world. I do think that the myth of “Nature ephemeral” is similar to what I believe in and that with the slightest change; the world could be placed into destruction. I must say that the myth of “Nature capricious” is wrong in that with today’s technology, we have the ability to predict the weather for weeks ahead, proving that nature is predictable, making this myth wrong.

We can make sure that global warming is at least slowed down until we find a solution to bring the Earth back to the way it was. Also continuing with the third chapter, I’ve discovered that I fit in the group of a Heirarchist of human nature. I believe in a world where everyone and thing is in an organized and civil manner, creating a peaceful and ordered world. Over time, though, I know that with the ever changing world, me fitting into the Heirarchist group would not change. As the world is becoming ever so different with climate change and increasing weather problems, a civil order seems like a good idea at times of crisis that the world may face in the future.

Masslin, Mark. Global Warming A Very Short Introduction. New York: Oxford
University Press Inc, 2004.