This is a truly powerful post, and it was a pleasure to read it! This idea of nature as a concept rather than a relationship is a salient point and reminds me of a book I read earlier this year by Marcy Norton. She coined this idea of modes of interactions between animals and humans, the lens through which we understand animals in a way that serves us. But as you so eloquently put it, our survival and well-being are dependent on fostering dynamic relationships with nature.
This is a truly powerful post, and it was a pleasure to read it! This idea of nature as a concept rather than a relationship is a salient point and reminds me of a book I read earlier this year by Marcy Norton. She coined this idea of modes of interactions between animals and humans, the lens through which we understand animals in a way that serves us. But as you so eloquently put it, our survival and well-being are dependent on fostering dynamic relationships with nature.