In my honest opinion, this paper was very heavy which made
it confusing for me to comprehend so I think that I didn’t get as much out of
this article as I should have or could have if it was written in simpler terms
that I understood better. From what I could gatheer, this is what stood out to
me the most in the article.
“People and nature have always been intertwined—people
receive many services from ecosystems, and society, in turn, affects
ecosystems, sometimes severe” (Earth Stewardship: science for action to sustain
the human-earth system). I feel like this sentence is very true, we are
intertwined with nature. Although I feel this is true, I think that we have a
very negative effect on nature. We do not have a mutual relationship, it’s more
like the relationship that a tick and a person has. We are just sucking the
life out nature like a tick does to us. The effects that we have on nature may
seem small when you think about the fertilizer you use on your lawn, but it
spreads much bigger than that. Every person thinks that they’re only one person
and they won’t make a big difference, but when millions of people are saying
that, then it does.
I’m going to combine my last two quotes in one because they
are linked to each other.” Meeting human needs without environmental
degradation is more likely to occur when a broad spectrum of ecosystem services
are sustained (Daily 1997, MEA 2005). These include the harvest of water, food,
and fuel; the interactions among ecosystems that regulate water quality,
climate, and spread of disturbance and disease; and the non-material spiritual,
aesthetic, and cultural benefits that cause people to value nature and life.” (Earth
Stewardship: science for action to sustain the human-earth system). I agree with
both sentences too because it is true that until better methods are in effect,
the environment will continue to suffer due to human needs. I think that fuel
is the largest contributor, if we could better implement solar electricity into
our daily lives then nature would be much better off. North Carolina has
recently become one of the leading states that uses solar energy efficiently. If
we can all incorporated ideas along the lines of this the planet won’t suffer
from our needs as much.
http://www.greenerideal.com/alternative-energy/0319-celebrating-sun-solar-energy-and-the-equinox/
Chapin, III, F. S., M. E. Power, S. T. A. Pickett, A.
Freitag, J. A. Reynolds, R. B. Jackson, D. M. Lodge, C. Duke, S. L. Collins, A.
G. Power, and A. Bartuska. 2011. Earth Stewardship: science for action to
sustain the human-earth system. Ecosphere 2(8):art89. doi:10.1890/ES11-00166.1
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