Public Lands and Conservation: Part 1
Public Lands and Conservation: Part 1
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We need to do better with our public lands. Much better. Or else we will keep increasing the risk of our survival.
The urbanization rate is rapid and shows no sign of slowing down. Cities are great. I love them. But that does not mean we relegate our public lands to a forgotten corner. Think in a broader and related sense. Public lands extend into the entire natural environment around us. These lands are the source of our vegetables, fruits, nuts, herbs, meat, and more. Do a quick memory glance at the last hundred-odd years. We have progressed a ton in science, engineering, and medicine. But it is appalling that we have regressed in taking care of our environment. The same environment that nurtures us.
And now some percentage of the human population realizes this mistake. So we are spending our energy, time, and resources to fix it. Plain stupid. Take something in great condition. Muck it up. And then try to fix it. It is ironic that we have done better at harder things, and failed at the easiest thing. Common sense is uncommon.
Pandemic has taken away my daily commute time around the San Francisco Bay Area. And it has given me some extra hours. I needed an antidote to non-stop daily online immersion. Hence I've been exploring various kinds of public lands. This has been a process of learning for me. I am getting to know what I did not know. As Clark and I go around, we have fun and observe. The signs of direct and indirect human destruction are everywhere. Trash-laden sites. Dried-up streams and creeks. Receding rivers. Parched ground. Disturbed vegetation. Low animal density.
Let us not waste what we have. Else we will spend our energy creating startups for what we had.
We need to do better with our public lands. Much better. Or else we will keep increasing the risk of our survival.
The urbanization rate is rapid and shows no sign of slowing down. Cities are great. I love them. But that does not mean we relegate our public lands to a forgotten corner. Think in a broader and related sense. Public lands extend into the entire natural environment around us. These lands are the source of our vegetables, fruits, nuts, herbs, meat, and more. Do a quick memory glance at the last hundred-odd years. We have progressed a ton in science, engineering, and medicine. But it is appalling that we have regressed in taking care of our environment. The same environment that nurtures us.
And now some percentage of the human population realizes this mistake. So we are spending our energy, time, and resources to fix it. Plain stupid. Take something in great condition. Muck it up. And then try to fix it. It is ironic that we have done better at harder things, and failed at the easiest thing. Common sense is uncommon.
Pandemic has taken away my daily commute time around the San Francisco Bay Area. And it has given me some extra hours. I needed an antidote to non-stop daily online immersion. Hence I've been exploring various kinds of public lands. This has been a process of learning for me. I am getting to know what I did not know. As Clark and I go around, we have fun and observe. The signs of direct and indirect human destruction are everywhere. Trash-laden sites. Dried-up streams and creeks. Receding rivers. Parched ground. Disturbed vegetation. Low animal density.
Let us not waste what we have. Else we will spend our energy creating startups for what we had.
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