Nature winning the battle over civilization (Michigan)

[no kudzu]

19 interesting photos. man just gave up( in most cases) taking care of what he started.

19 Photos of Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization

[jackmichigan]

It's a shame that your heading isn't true. Nature is losing big time...and we're the ultimate losers.

[PAhippo]

Fascinating photos but I have to agree with jackmichigan. Winning the battles, losing the war.

We are destroying out home.


sigh

[bjh]

^^

Agree with posts above. I've been reading 7/10ths by James Hamilton-Patterson. If the chapter on "Fishing and Loss" doesn't tick you off, nothing will. Fishermen are making the ocean into a vast empty basin. We all pay the costs for their short-term profit and mind boggling waste.

http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Tenths-J...ilton-paterson

[baileyvpotter]

Originally Posted by jackmichigan

Nature is losing big time...and we're the ultimate losers.

Originally Posted by PAhippo

We are destroying out home.
sigh

Originally Posted by bjh

^^
Agree with posts above. I've been reading 7/10ths by James Hamilton-Patterson. If the chapter on "Fishing and Loss" doesn't tick you off, nothing will. Fishermen are making the ocean into a vast empty basin. We all pay the costs for their short-term profit and mind boggling waste.

I agree with the above posts but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't stop trying either for those who
exploit, pollute or destroy it.

I often think of this (below) with that line in the film "Nature will find a way."
http://boa-yoga.com/wp-content/uploa...e3-980x360.jpg

[cloven]

Originally Posted by no kudzu

19 interesting photos. man just gave up( in most cases) taking care of what he started.

19 Photos of Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization

^I clicked the link but the slideshow wouldn't work for me, only got to see two images.
However, I found the place where the content had come from:
21 Photos Of Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization | Bored Panda

Originally Posted by article to which I linked

Many cities would be re-colonized within a year or two, and many of our buildings would begin crumbling soon after without human maintenance or energy sources.

^Thing is, we (humans) are still around (for now). It's nice to think nature can put itself back together again once we're gone,
but I fear for the health of nature while we remain (and we need nature way more than we realize-it does *not* need us).

Apart from the deeper issues, the photos were a neat juxtaposition of the artificial (man-made) w/the tenacious persistence of moss, mold, vines, and other hardy vegetation.

[baileyvpotter]

^^^^Love those tree roots.