Interesting insights here. It might be worth looking into some geocriticism and ecocriticism writings, specifically those that overlap with Long Term Ecological Reflections projects (if you're not already familiar)
I spent part of a day last week picking my way along the little stream that drains my urban watershed, through one of the poorer parts of town. The volume of human detritus was astonishing— crumbling chunks of masonry, mangled bikes, a bright yellow shopping cart, a pink plastic bigwheel trike, so many shards of glass… eventually I crossed a road into a park surrounded by million dollar homes, and the sudden contrast in the condition of the streambed was even more shocking: not a single piece of human trash to be found. Care for the stream apparently only extended as far as one could see from the end of the dog’s leash. Hard not to draw the same conclusion about caring for the human neighbors upstream…
Interesting insights here. It might be worth looking into some geocriticism and ecocriticism writings, specifically those that overlap with Long Term Ecological Reflections projects (if you're not already familiar)
Pool-riffles! I love this!
I spent part of a day last week picking my way along the little stream that drains my urban watershed, through one of the poorer parts of town. The volume of human detritus was astonishing— crumbling chunks of masonry, mangled bikes, a bright yellow shopping cart, a pink plastic bigwheel trike, so many shards of glass… eventually I crossed a road into a park surrounded by million dollar homes, and the sudden contrast in the condition of the streambed was even more shocking: not a single piece of human trash to be found. Care for the stream apparently only extended as far as one could see from the end of the dog’s leash. Hard not to draw the same conclusion about caring for the human neighbors upstream…