Orr

The first time hearing the word biophobia was while I was reading the section from Orr. The idea to me was Orr made it seem that either one has a love for life, or the other fears it. biophilia is the love for the environment while biophobia is the disregard for it. Orr says that each of us is doing something to negatively impact the earth and therefore caring for the planet is a task that requires everyone. Orr states that we need fewer malls, businesses, highways, cars, pets and corporations. To me we are way too far for this to be our next strategy. In the biophilia revolution a quote stands out to me in the beginning “humanity will love life enough to save it? And if we do love life enough to save it, what is required of us? We need to transform how and how rapidly we use the earth’s endowment of land, minerals, water, air, wildlife, and fuels.” The first revolution is mostly about technology and economics. The second revolution is about morality and human purposes. I do don’t know if it is possible to love the planet or not, “but I do know it is possible to love the places we can see, touch, feel, and experience.” To Orr, this is how we can recover our sense of place. Eric Fromm asked “whether whole societies might be judged sane or insane.”  With the past World War, we have seen genocide, and destruction. This to Orr was a clear answer that this world is insane. All and all I was not sure how I felt with the reading from Orr. The guy has a lot of information and uses some complex words that it was kind of hard for me to follow. He uses all this information to back up what he is trying to state, but I felt as if he didn’t explain things well enough so he had to use other peoples information to make his case.

David Orr

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I just liked this picture, due to the fact that we should be thinking about the world!

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