Some species of animals are unimportant to what we do and often they do not interfere with our crops or other activities. But some of us wish them dead or vanished anyhow because they are there — reminding us that we do not live in a fully sterile ideal place. It's a bug to be bug-sprayed with a lethal array of chemicals that do nothing good for our health either... And even if it did, the fact of killing a harmless minute animal may give us the feeling of great power... We can do better than that, stylistically.
The symbol e is that which I have created to represent Organica Spiritualia. This is to relate our "spiritual being" to nature. In fact it is our human intelligence (reactive animalistic processing of environmental factors for survival into stylistical actions) that creates our "spirtual being". Our consciousness is organic, based on our memory. Most animals that have a central memorising system of environmental factors can have a consciousness of space and position.
Our individual memory is greater than that of individuals in others species and gives us the ability to invent a lot of solutions, including fake solutions that solve "problems" nonetheless... But beyond these fake solutions, including ethical solutions, there are relationship between our generosity and species that do not really matter to our survival.
Organica spiritualia gives us the power to be generous to nature beyond our needs. But our needs are bathed more and more in greed, another Organica Spiritualia activity with less ethical understanding of where we are at at this point in time — an evolved being from a soup of life on a planet to which we could decide we owe nothing to.
The relationships between human survival and that of other species is often not as important as we could think... But this relationship is more important than our needs, because at this point in time we have evolved to be where we are — together on the planet. It's an ethical choice in which our judgement (or carelessness) of life or death over other species may alter the course of our future history or not... It is a stylistic choice. Extinction of species resulting from our activities is our stylist choice. We can and should choose different and care better.
What insects mean to us and why we need to save our insect populations By and large many people regard insects with horror as either pests or revolting creepy-crawly creatures to be avoided or worse still, squashed without mercy. Infamous as they may be, insects play such a vital role in the food chain and the global eco-system of the planet that without them life as we know it would cease to exist.
Insects are in a great part responsible for the break down of organic material such as plant, animal and human remains, the elimination of animal waste, the aeration of the soil and of course the vastly important task of plant pollination. They are an essential food source to many birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, while in some parts of the world they also constitute a significant part of the human diet. The plight of endangered mammals is often given considerable exposure, however, insects and related species, many which are endangered, receive little attention despite their importance in the overall balance of nature.
In excess of a million species of insects have already been identified worldwide and it is estimated that at least an equal number but possibly as many as three to four million, still remain unidentified. Notwithstanding the fact that insects are one of the most abundant life forms on earth, however, with the number of insect species exceeding that of all other species combined, use of insecticides, proliferation of invasive alien vegetation and encroachment into their natural habitats is having its consequence and insect populations are being alarmingly reduced or decimated. Untold numbers of species have been adversely affected by man's selfish violation of rain forests, wetlands, bushveld and savannas. Many species, some possibly not even yet identified are threatened or possibly already extinct while others are moving from their normal distribution ranges in order to survive. Insect control in the past has also been highly irresponsible with indiscriminate use of non-specific insecticides killing not only the pests but also all their natural predators and other valuable and harmless species.
the good, the bad, the ugly...
Some species of animals are unimportant to what we do and often they do not interfere with our crops or other activities. But some of us wish them dead or vanished anyhow because they are there — reminding us that we do not live in a fully sterile ideal place. It's a bug to be bug-sprayed with a lethal array of chemicals that do nothing good for our health either... And even if it did, the fact of killing a harmless minute animal may give us the feeling of great power... We can do better than that, stylistically.
The symbol e is that which I have created to represent Organica Spiritualia. This is to relate our "spiritual being" to nature. In fact it is our human intelligence (reactive animalistic processing of environmental factors for survival into stylistical actions) that creates our "spirtual being". Our consciousness is organic, based on our memory. Most animals that have a central memorising system of environmental factors can have a consciousness of space and position.
Our individual memory is greater than that of individuals in others species and gives us the ability to invent a lot of solutions, including fake solutions that solve "problems" nonetheless... But beyond these fake solutions, including ethical solutions, there are relationship between our generosity and species that do not really matter to our survival.
Organica spiritualia gives us the power to be generous to nature beyond our needs. But our needs are bathed more and more in greed, another Organica Spiritualia activity with less ethical understanding of where we are at at this point in time — an evolved being from a soup of life on a planet to which we could decide we owe nothing to.
The relationships between human survival and that of other species is often not as important as we could think... But this relationship is more important than our needs, because at this point in time we have evolved to be where we are — together on the planet. It's an ethical choice in which our judgement (or carelessness) of life or death over other species may alter the course of our future history or not... It is a stylistic choice. Extinction of species resulting from our activities is our stylist choice. We can and should choose different and care better.
extinction of species is forever.
ugly beast has its role...
What insects mean to us and why we need to save our insect populations
By and large many people regard insects with horror as either pests or revolting creepy-crawly creatures to be avoided or worse still, squashed without mercy. Infamous as they may be, insects play such a vital role in the food chain and the global eco-system of the planet that without them life as we know it would cease to exist.
Insects are in a great part responsible for the break down of organic material such as plant, animal and human remains, the elimination of animal waste, the aeration of the soil and of course the vastly important task of plant pollination. They are an essential food source to many birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians, while in some parts of the world they also constitute a significant part of the human diet. The plight of endangered mammals is often given considerable exposure, however, insects and related species, many which are endangered, receive little attention despite their importance in the overall balance of nature.
In excess of a million species of insects have already been identified worldwide and it is estimated that at least an equal number but possibly as many as three to four million, still remain unidentified. Notwithstanding the fact that insects are one of the most abundant life forms on earth, however, with the number of insect species exceeding that of all other species combined, use of insecticides, proliferation of invasive alien vegetation and encroachment into their natural habitats is having its consequence and insect populations are being alarmingly reduced or decimated. Untold numbers of species have been adversely affected by man's selfish violation of rain forests, wetlands, bushveld and savannas. Many species, some possibly not even yet identified are threatened or possibly already extinct while others are moving from their normal distribution ranges in order to survive. Insect control in the past has also been highly irresponsible with indiscriminate use of non-specific insecticides killing not only the pests but also all their natural predators and other valuable and harmless species.