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“This little book will look at and answer some questions about whether nature (or human nature) is winning or really benefitting from all this technology…” More of a quote below:
“The nature vs. technology debate has existed for decades and takes many nuanced forms. In this book, Mathews uses broad strokes with technology, including cars, guns, phones, fossil fuels, plastics, and AI. Nature is focused both on the health of the earth and oceans as well as on the animals and humans inhabiting the earth. Through a collection of fifteen chapters, Mathews discusses some of the good and the bad, which are byproducts of both technology and the natural world. Some of her discussions involve cyber-bullying and school shootings, plastics in the ocean and the dangers to the coral reef, forever chemicals, meditation, and climate change brought on by industry and burning fuels. She has included a wide variety of resources to support her findings.
Mathews’ concise book will give readers a vast overview of many topics surfacing in this ongoing dialogue…”
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DJ Mathews
Happy Easter! Happy Spring!
Hello world at the Nature section of Disney’s Epcot!
SPRINGTIME!
Hey there! It’s spring, my favorite season and I guess anyone else who loves wildflowers, seeing black and yellow bumble bees out and about and starting to pollinate plants, my/your white dogwood tree in bloom. It has these white, crosslike shapes that some believe are most appropriate for the resurrection and cross Jesus bore this time of year. Yes, they are very delicate, pretty, as are daffodils, tulips, dandelions.
I am not sure where the “lion” part comes with dandelions, but they ‘are’ a wildflower, not a nasty weed. I remember my mother picking the leaves and putting them in a salad, for one! Yes, they are said to have vitamins A and C in them and are good for “detoxing” your liver. So don’t spray chemicals on them! They only last about 5 weeks and then disappear anyway!
A crop of tiny frogs, spring peepers that go “peep, peep, peep,” is also out and peeping at your nearest pond, wetlands, or other temporary pool. These pools are where baby frogs/tadpoles come about after the male frogs have called enough times for a mate to “come on over” and check them out. Frogs, salamanders, and other critters coming up in the spring are an important food source for other bigger animals in the woods, like snakes, foxes, bobcats, etc. They are an important part of the food web. In my area alone there are 14 DIFFERENT CALLS from 14 different kinds of frogs, from the Eastern spadefoot, to the American toad, to the gray treefrog with its “trilly” kind of call. Go out some evening in your woods where it’s wet and consider their unique part of nature.
Real nature is one thing. But when you visit different cities (and places like Disney World’s Epcot and Hollywood Studio Theme parks) you see what “manufactured, fantasy nature and fantastic imagination” is out there. I went to see one “a bit” of Epcot (and we got lost in the parking lot as things are NOT well marked off). We went to a Nature themed area, with an awesome movie about the planet and how it needs conservation now. We saw an enclosed habitat for butterflies with many pretty flower types. Then we went in this big silver globe called “Spaceship earth”. The title was misleading, as it was a ride on the history of communication, which as an adult I pretty much knew. At the end of the ride was some interactive stuff and games related to the future — why didn’t they lead with that? The ride was not worth all the hype.
We went from one end of Florida to another, pratically, to see kinfolk, some of Disney World(s), and the historic city of St. Augustine. I’ve been there more that once. Did you know it’s got the oldest school house in the U. S.? The oldest jail, the smallest Hilton Hotel, fort Castillo de San Marcos, which was once called Ft. Maron and housed Native American prisoners? And also, the Fountain of Youth Park, with a fountain of youth (so-called) running spring of water? We went there as part of a hop-on, hop-off trolley tour and yes, we tasted the water! We didn’t get younger but I bought a t shirt that said I was “feeling” younger anyway! Ponce de Leon was looking for that and it took him to St. Augustine. The town was established in 1565 and is still going, with beautiful white sand beaches nearby!
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D. J. Mathews is an author or coauthor of 4 books and working on others. She is also a freelance writer, blogger, product reviewer, and proud mother. She taught logic and writing for several years at Radford University. She is a Master Naturalist. See her humorous rants at https://medium.com/@djmathews or buy her a digital coffee for her writing or pics at https://ko-fi.com/naturelover2
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