But Sometimes It Feels Like The Best Way To Manage A Healthy Environment Is Right In Front Of Us And There's A Lot Of Reinventing The Wheel - Tumblr Posts

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We have been so desensitized by a hundred and fifty years of ceaselessly expanding technical prowess that we think nothing less complex and showy than a computer or a jet bomber deserves to be called “technology” at all. As if linen were the same thing as flax — as if paper, ink, wheels, knives, clocks, chairs, aspirin pills, were natural objects, born with us like our teeth and fingers — as if steel saucepans with copper bottoms and fleece vests spun from recycled glass grew on trees, and we just picked them when they were ripe...

— Ursula K. Le Guin, from “A Rant About ‘Technology’”

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technology sustainability composting yeah tbh I've been thinking about this a lot with regards to environmental --> ecological engineering don't get me wrong I think enviro eng is great and especially valuable for point spice emissions but sometimes it feels like the best way to manage a healthy environment is right in front of us and there's a lot of reinventing the wheel I imagine it's harder to get funding for more ecological projects within enviro eng because it seems less flashy and technical but if it works it works!! shouldn't lower cost and maintenance be a good thing? i am such a huge supporter of the integration of ecology with enviro eng and enviro eng with ecology but truly the dream is a more intimate relationship with the land and organisms we share it with ursula k le guin writing

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