Ecology: For all the wrong reasons. [Nature runs faster and the need for philosophy]

Humans always try to catch up with nature…

Lake Champlain may be more susceptible to damage from climate change than was previously understood, researchers have found Therefore, they say, the rules created by the EPA to protect the lake may be inadequate to prevent algae blooms and water quality problems as the region gets hotter and wetter. (1)

Alberta’s rivers are the main source of water for agriculture in Canada’s Prairie provinces. But climate change and increased human interference mean that the flow of these headwaters is under threat. This could have major implications for Canadian gross domestic product, and even global food security. A study published in Hydrological Processes sheds light on sources of streamflow variability and change in Alberta’s headwaters that can affect irrigated agriculture in the Prairies. This provides the knowledge base to develop improved water resource management to effectively adapt to evolving river flow conditions. (2)

We want to improve water management due to changes in water flows. We do not want to cut down the reasons for which we use water. We want to revise the rules we have for protecting the lake’s ecosystem. We do not want to change the actual reasons which create changes to that system.

We want to be ecologists by controlling the environment. We want to bring balance by acting in the same very way (control-mania) which put the system off balance in the first place.

We learn nothing.

Because we cannot.

We have focused so much on trying to explaining (science) and doing things (technology), that we cannot actually sit down and listen (philosophy) or accept and know (religion).

Let the river flow.

Let the river die.

Let the rain pour down on you.

You are a small drop…

You are the ocean.

Author: skakos

Spiros Kakos is a thinker located in Greece. He has been Chief Editor of Harmonia Philosophica since its inception. In the past he has worked as a senior technical advisor for many years. In his free time he develops software solutions and contributes to the open source community. He has also worked as a phD researcher in the Advanced Materials sector related to the PCB industry. He likes reading and writting, not only philosophy but also in general. He believes that science and religion are two sides of the same coin and is profoundly interested in Religion and Science philosophy. His philosophical work is mainly concentrated on an effort to free thinking of "logic" and reconcile all philosophical opinions under the umbrella of the "One" that Parmenides - one of the first thinkers - visualized. The "Harmonia Philosophica" articles program is the tool that will accomplish that. Life's purpose is to be defeated by greater things. And the most important things in life are illogical. We must fight the dogmatic belief in "logic" if we are to stay humans... Credo quia absurdum!

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