http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html Ideas & Trends Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:14:19 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-11820 Dale Dickins Mon, 11 Feb 2008 09:39:24 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html#comment-11820 A beautiful illustration of evolution... timing is critical and each section of nature has a purpose. Imagine our history books in the year 2060 ... considering we as a society are the authors of the yet to be written books, will we (bio)mimic the evolution of nature and zone in on the timing, or complain about being powerless navigators in OUR future??? A beautiful illustration of evolution… timing is critical and each section of nature has a purpose. Imagine our history books in the year 2060 … considering we as a society are the authors of the yet to be written books, will we (bio)mimic the evolution of nature and zone in on the timing, or complain about being powerless navigators in OUR future???

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-11781 Floyd Hayes Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:40:30 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html#comment-11781 Love the BMW sponsorship... Love the BMW sponsorship…

]]> http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html/comment-page-1#comment-11778 Andreas Holmer Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:38:24 +0000 http://www.psfk.com/2008/02/michael-pollan-on-changing-our-relationship-with-the-natural-world.html#comment-11778 Pollan just uprooted and completely overturned my world view. In a good way. I've been adamant about humanity being inherently flawed ever since I read Daniel Quinn's "Ishmael" in the early 90s - the thought being that we lost our ability to live in harmony with nature 10,000 years ago with the shift from hunter-gathering to settled agriculture. What Pollen argues is that agriculture need not distress nature but that it can, in fact, be turned into a win-win situation--IF we play our cards right. Absolutely fascinating and tremendously important in light of growing world populations. Pollan just uprooted and completely overturned my world view. In a good way. I’ve been adamant about humanity being inherently flawed ever since I read Daniel Quinn’s “Ishmael” in the early 90s – the thought being that we lost our ability to live in harmony with nature 10,000 years ago with the shift from hunter-gathering to settled agriculture. What Pollen argues is that agriculture need not distress nature but that it can, in fact, be turned into a win-win situation–IF we play our cards right. Absolutely fascinating and tremendously important in light of growing world populations.

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