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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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All bugs have a place in the food web. Many are work horses of the ecosystem services we are beginning to appreciate. But insects have an allure all their own. From dragonflies to beetles to spiders , the world of insect knowledge is expanding and bringing in a whole new group of eco-friends wanting to see and know even more. May they one day rival birder groups in both number and enthusiasm.
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Kentucky
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I find this so interesting Gloria. I immediately thought of the theory of biophilia and the fact that you reference Edward O. Wilson just brings it all together.
I will leave it to you to explain biophilia as you are better equipped to do so although I did touch upon it in graduate school as some of my colleagues based their theses on the concept. Just as a side note my senior project as an undergrad was illustrating Lepidoptera. I thoroughly enjoyed spending time in the entomology building alone just pulling specimens and drawing with many different techniques and media including crow quill pen. Old school!
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Hippie Gardener
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Michigan
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I read this earlier today via a Facebook link from someone. Really interesting. I can get lost for hours in just my little yard watching "bugs". Such diversity. So busy, busy, busy. I don't know for sure what they all DO...or why. But I do know for sure that our world is a richer place because they are here. "Bugs" are awesome
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Alternate POM Judge
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Maryland
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Before I joined nature groups I never noticed all the interesting bugs in my gardens. I love to watch them especially the really tiny bees and flies.
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Not me...lol.. but there are resources to help understand biophilia .
I find Biophilia is both easy to define and hard to understand,especially within the complexity of the affects of biophilia on human behavior. The term biophilia was used by German-born American psychoanalyst Erich Fromm in "The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness" (1973), which described biophilia as “the passionate love of life and of all that is alive.” Then in 1984 E. O. Wilson's book "Biophilia" gave us the idea that the tendency of humans to focus on and to affiliate with nature and other life-forms has, in part, a genetic basis. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...e-gardeners-20 biophilia hypothesis | Britannica.com Biophilia hypothesis,the idea that humans possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life. An interview with Wilson where he talks about this affinity of man to life and how that may need to be nurtured in our current culture. NOVA - Official Website | A Conversation With E.O. Wilson Quote:
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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Some benefit may occur when design elements are used in human habitat that incorporates living organisms. Soil, plants, animals, even sunshine and bodies of water throughout our landscapes changes human behavior, even lowering crime stats. I think the more we touch and see and get to know other living organisms the more humanity benefits. Not the least of which an involvement with this life teaches us to place value on the earth and all life. |
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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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WG Hospitality & UAOKA recipient
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Pennsylvania
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Alternate POM Judge
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: Maryland
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I think appreciating nature teaches people about respect. When you see how everything works so well together, the plants, insects, wildlife, etc. you can't help but admire it. If you learn to respect and appreciate nature I think you learn to respect all life including people
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Hippie Gardener
Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: Michigan
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When I'm outside - in my own yard, in the woods, or hiking in the mountains - I have a strong desire to TOUCH the rocks or the bark of the trees. I always crouch down to examine plants, bugs, etc. I wouldn't call it something that I choose to do, rather something that I need to do. I feel that it is genetic. I have a couple of kids who NEED to be outside and a couple of kids who enjoy it but don't seem to need it as much. I say kids, but they are all adults now ![]()
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