A NEW HOPE (FOR NATURAL PHILOSOPHY)

THIS ESSAY WAS WRITTEN FOR A COURSE I TOOK ON “THE DEATH OF NATURE”, A TOPIC HAVING TO DO WITH ANTHROPOCENTRIC INVOLEVEMENT WITHIN EARTH’S ECOSYSTEM. THIS EXPLORATION CONSIDERS THAT WHILE EARTH’S ECOSYSTEM IS CURRENTLY SUFFERING AT THE HANDS OF HUMANITY, THERE IS A RECORD OF A PEACEFUL HISTORY OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR ON EARTH, AND THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO STILL PRACTICE AND PROMOTE SUCH BEHAVIORS. IF SUCH SUSTAINABLE IDEALS AND PRACTICES WERE TO BE ENCOURAGED IN POPULAR SOCIETY, HUMANITY MIGHT YET BE ABLE TO REKINDLE A SUSTAINABLE RELATIONSHIP WITHIN EARTH’S ECOSYSTEM.