“The Creation: An appeal to Save Life on Earth, by Edward O. Wilson” is a book about preserving Earth’s vanishing biodiversity. The book is written in first person, with E. O. Wilson writing to a pastor arguing on the preservation of biodiversity. The pastor, or religious believers in general, think that god has generated this world, the creation, for humans, and humans can use/do whatever they want; biologists, believe that the Earth isn’t sustainable for current human activities, and humans must help conserve the world.
The first section, titled “the creation”, describes what is nature and why should people care. Wilson argues that we should try to ascend to nature instead of from nature. There are three issues with humans: “ignorance of
The first section, titled “the creation”, describes what is nature and why should people care. Wilson argues that we should try to ascend to nature instead of from nature. There are three issues with humans: “ignorance of