SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF NATURE
Nature is subjective to each society, and for two individuals, nature will not conjure the same ideas as man.
Social Construction of Nature and the Environment demonstrates how our understanding of nature and of human relationships with the environment are really cultural expressions used to define who we were, who we are, and who we hope to be at this place and in this space. Humans are not separate from nature, but we use nature to form interpretations of ourselves, our place within nature, as well as of nature itself.
Nature is something that exists independently of the human race. In fact, nature would be better off if the human race didn't exist. Human actions are the reason nature is so distraught. In order to create these interpretations of ourselves we must use different products.
Most of these products turn into waste ever time, which forces us to find a place to dispose of it all. We could take the normal route where the waste is buried or we can take advantage of this waste and turn it into energy.
This human environment relationship will be ever living therefore we must take care of our world because it is the most precious thing life has to offer us.
As we saw, Nature is a value-laden word itself. Is the tree outside of Sarkeys "nature" even though a human planted it? Some would contest the statement "nature is something that exists independently of the human race" if we accept that that tree is nature. It's a philosophical discussion, to be sure. As for burning trash for energy, I can imagine some in the petroleum industry might try to create a narrative (part of a construction) that it is far too inefficient and produces too little energy, and probably causes its own environmental issues. That industry promotes that wind and solar are far too inefficient as well.
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