E.O. Wilson grew up around Washington D.C. and spent his most of childhood in nature. He enjoyed spending time in the woods and fishing. One of his favorite fish, called the pinfish, had a dorsal fish that has sharp spines on it. When he was seven years old, he injured his one of his eyes in a fishing accident. He pulled the fish out of the water and the spines hit him in the eye. According to the article “E.O. Wilson” “ He suffered for hours, but he continued fishing. He did not complain because he was anxious to stay outdoors. He did not seek medical treatment.” Months later he required surgery and was left blind in one eye. Because of his difficulty to see, he turned his attention to “little things that I could see holding between my thumb
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At this time, the State of Alabama asked him to write a report on the invasive species, the red fire ant, because when he was thirteen years old he was the first person to discover it as a new invasive species. “In 1951 he came to study at Harvard's museum of comparative zoology, and he’s been there ever since” (Harrison Ford Introduces Dr. Wilson and Biophilia Center).
“Conservation efforts worldwide have thus far set aside a little more than fifteen percent of the earth for habitat. Wilson would triple that” (How to save life on Earth, according to E.O. Wilson). It is his belief that nature and all other species are just as important as humans and need to be protected at all costs. He wants at least half of the earth to be protected habitat.
Wilson published Biophilia in 1984, “which explored the evolutionary and psychological basis of humanity’s attraction to the natural environment” (e.o. Wilson, Biodiversity Foundation). Biophilia is the reason people care about protecting the environment. This is the reason why people in cities tend to be more wasteful and destructive. They don’t live in nature. They don’t see it all around them. “declines in biophilic behaviour could remove meaning from nature, translating into a loss of human respect for the natural world” (Biophilia Hypothesis). However, even people in cities do have a little bit of biophilic behaviour. This is the reason there are parks in the middle of
At this time, the State of Alabama asked him to write a report on the invasive species, the red fire ant, because when he was thirteen years old he was the first person to discover it as a new invasive species. “In 1951 he came to study at Harvard's museum of comparative zoology, and he’s been there ever since” (Harrison Ford Introduces Dr. Wilson and Biophilia Center).
“Conservation efforts worldwide have thus far set aside a little more than fifteen percent of the earth for habitat. Wilson would triple that” (How to save life on Earth, according to E.O. Wilson). It is his belief that nature and all other species are just as important as humans and need to be protected at all costs. He wants at least half of the earth to be protected habitat.
Wilson published Biophilia in 1984, “which explored the evolutionary and psychological basis of humanity’s attraction to the natural environment” (e.o. Wilson, Biodiversity Foundation). Biophilia is the reason people care about protecting the environment. This is the reason why people in cities tend to be more wasteful and destructive. They don’t live in nature. They don’t see it all around them. “declines in biophilic behaviour could remove meaning from nature, translating into a loss of human respect for the natural world” (Biophilia Hypothesis). However, even people in cities do have a little bit of biophilic behaviour. This is the reason there are parks in the middle of