Unapologetically Canadian. Die-hard Leafs Fan. Retro Gamer. Naturalist. Autodidact. Hobby Writer/Painter... Just a fellow human living his life.
Jul 4 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
1. Part of being natural is being wild, or exhibiting a level of wildness, therefore everything that is natural is inherently wild, or has an inherent level of wildness. It is an organism's level of wildness and ability to adapt that allows it to survive.
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2. Inherent wildness becomes fully cultivated and realized through the creation of durable interactions between an organism and its natural environment (or the environment it has become naturalized in).
Jul 3 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
On redefining civilization as an anti-naturalization; as an anthropocentric and anti-natural process that suppresses and removes wildness (a continuation of my thread from yesterday)🧵⬇️⬇️⬇️🧵
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I'd like to put forth a redefining of civilization, as not just a stage of advanced social and cultural development, but as a process that is meant to displace natural processes and propensities for ones that are more favourable or useful to us humans (and us humans alone).
Jul 2 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Our current "solutions" are mere band-aids; they're too superficial; they fail to address the more fundamental, deep-seated issues that too many of us are ignorant of (or lack understanding of). We're still just hacking at the branches instead of striking at the root.
One of the fundamental causes of not just climate change, but so many of the issues we face today, is the multifaceted and relentless assault we have waged on Nature and its many forms; including—most importantly in this case—our own.
