Save the Redwoods

John Muir’s view on trees as being sacred is a very effective activist motivator, but also a very old idea. For many years different culture have look at nature as something very sacred that should be respected. The Native Americans set a perfect example for us, but why have we lost touch with this connection with nature that so many human societies have had before us? The answer to this question is very complex and there are many reasons. One major reason is that we are so focused on being an industrial nation and boosting our economy. We don’t stop to think that just because we have developed the technology to do something doesn’t me that we ethically should do it or that we even have the right to do it. If we can wake up from our industrial way of thinking and reconnect to spirituality and nature the answers to our ecological problems may become clearer.