#16: Humans and Nature

 A quote from Georges-Louis Leclerc. One for discussion perhaps.

The Guardian had a very useful supplement aimed at introducing the work that was going on ahead of the Biodiversity COP (they aren't just held over the climate), which took place in December 2022.

The disconnect between people and nature is very real. Perhaps this qualification will be part of a new opportunity to engage people with nature, although we need to remember that students choose particular GCSEs for lots of reasons.

“While use of the word ‘nature’ has flatlined over the past century, use of the the word ‘me’ has quadrupled since 1990.” https://t.co/QF3ytqavsy pic.twitter.com/5nh5yaCV0Y

— Miles Richardson (@findingnature) November 27, 2022

And this from Tony Juniper: 

This is a little out of date now, but I don’t expect things will have changed very much. Number of climate change articles in brown & biodiversity in green. Biodiversity last had the edge at the Rio Earth Summit back in 1992. https://t.co/3kvU6nJEqg pic.twitter.com/hJjl2A3qIQ

— Tony Juniper (@TonyJuniper) November 26, 2022