Lunch With John Muir!
Hannah- Q: John Muir, how would you describe yourself?
Muir- A: I would consider myself to be an optimistic, witty man with strong opinions. I am a conscientious environmentalist, naturalist, and conservationist who possess great zeal for nature. My thoughts are meticulously and thoroughly recorded in my journal. When I am surrounded by vast mountain ranges in the Sierras or a breathtaking sunset in Alaska, a thousand thoughts run through my mind of how thankful I am for the natural beauty surrounding me.
Hannah- Q: Would you agree that companies have the right to obtain natural resources from national parks today since natural resources are diminishing?
Muir- A: National Parks are divine, majestic, and sacred places that America should treasure. National parks deserve to flourish and remain untouched as they were since the beginning of time. If lumber companies were to be permitted to tear down the trees from this precious land, the finite resources would be stripped along with the sacredness. “God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” …show more content…
Muir- A: Deforestation is not inevitable. This process clears the green cover of the land for commercial, industrial, or residential use. When lush forests are stripped of resources in this way, it not only decreases tree cover, but it also decreases the amount of oxygen produced each year. This ruthless process could be stopped if we valued our resources more by not clearing all of the land at once but instead designating a portion of the trees to be left alone to grow for the future.
Hannah- Q: Do you believe that industrial development is advancing society or making it
Hannah- Q: John Muir, how would you describe yourself?
Muir- A: I would consider myself to be an optimistic, witty man with strong opinions. I am a conscientious environmentalist, naturalist, and conservationist who possess great zeal for nature. My thoughts are meticulously and thoroughly recorded in my journal. When I am surrounded by vast mountain ranges in the Sierras or a breathtaking sunset in Alaska, a thousand thoughts run through my mind of how thankful I am for the natural beauty surrounding me.
Hannah- Q: Would you agree that companies have the right to obtain natural resources from national parks today since natural resources are diminishing?
Muir- A: National Parks are divine, majestic, and sacred places that America should treasure. National parks deserve to flourish and remain untouched as they were since the beginning of time. If lumber companies were to be permitted to tear down the trees from this precious land, the finite resources would be stripped along with the sacredness. “God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.” …show more content…
Muir- A: Deforestation is not inevitable. This process clears the green cover of the land for commercial, industrial, or residential use. When lush forests are stripped of resources in this way, it not only decreases tree cover, but it also decreases the amount of oxygen produced each year. This ruthless process could be stopped if we valued our resources more by not clearing all of the land at once but instead designating a portion of the trees to be left alone to grow for the future.
Hannah- Q: Do you believe that industrial development is advancing society or making it