We're headed for a future where only the wealthy can enjoy nature

[Judi Lynn]

BY KEVIN T. JONES, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 07/28/18 01:03 PM EDT 217 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL



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Will the next millennials — those born in a thousand years — be better off than those of today? Will we leave them a world they will be thankful for and appreciate, or will they look at history as a dark reminder of the greed and short-sightedness that left them an earth depleted, a place where nature exists only in the walled-off estates of the very wealthy?

As an archaeologist who studies the processes that have shaped the cultural and natural world, I immerse myself in the distant past. Spending decades pondering the passage of millennia has led to an awareness of my own place in time, and recognition of the fact that time hurtles by whether we are aware of it or not. We are constantly racing toward a future that will inexorably come. A hundred, two hundred, a thousand years will go racing by.

Although it is nearly impossible for us to even imagine — think of all the laughable sci-fi books and movies that foretold nonsensical futures — the future will come, and it will be shaped by the things we do today.

More:
http://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/399340-were-headed-for-a-future-where-only-the-wealthy-can-enjoy-nature

[2naSalit]

1. He and most of the Rs in western states!!!

[cutroot]

2. Call someplace paradise kiss it goodbye

Your post made me remember this. They keep shrinking the parks and making them more access able at the same time. It will destroy them.