In Human culture lies the preservation of wildness.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Human cultural efforts are essential to protecting natural wildness from extinction.
- In plain terms
- Culture helps keep wild nature safe.
- What can you take from it?
- Protect nature through human cultural values.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does culture protect nature?
- Is wildness dependent on human care?
Another view
Culture can also harm wildness when industrialized.
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