We’re only aware of the tiny visible part of nature. Inattentive of the large part, we neither feel for it nor know we are killing it. Alexandre Meinesz has a plan for correcting this:
(1) Become conscious of the history and status of the organisms around us. They carry genetic information about our common ancestors. We have the same roots, and together we have evolved on parallel paths since the dawn of time. We should understand the diversity of life is part of us.
(2) Marvel at the many strategies for survival and reproduction.
(3) Become aware of the beauty of life. To know nature better, to feel it better, to become sensitive to all life around us-–that is above all what is missing. To redress this lack is the first necessary action.
(Quoted from page 233 of How Life Began, by Alexandre Meinesz; translated by Daniel Simberloff. The University of Chicago Press, 2008.)
For a brief biography of Alexandre Meinesz, click here. For images of or relating to Alexandre Meinesz, click here.
For a brief biography of Daniel Simberloff, click here. For images of or relating to Daniel Simberloff, click here.
(1) Become conscious of the history and status of the organisms around us. They carry genetic information about our common ancestors. We have the same roots, and together we have evolved on parallel paths since the dawn of time. We should understand the diversity of life is part of us.
(2) Marvel at the many strategies for survival and reproduction.
(3) Become aware of the beauty of life. To know nature better, to feel it better, to become sensitive to all life around us-–that is above all what is missing. To redress this lack is the first necessary action.
(Quoted from page 233 of How Life Began, by Alexandre Meinesz; translated by Daniel Simberloff. The University of Chicago Press, 2008.)
For a brief biography of Alexandre Meinesz, click here. For images of or relating to Alexandre Meinesz, click here.
For a brief biography of Daniel Simberloff, click here. For images of or relating to Daniel Simberloff, click here.
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