Richard Louv's Separation Of Nature

Demanding more and more breakthroughs and advancements, humankind has given technology permission to drive nature away. The isolation that humanity succumbs to results in nature’s beauty vanishing in the blink of an eye. As Richard Louv argues, the changing culture of our world has resulted in glorifying technology and ignoring nature’s value. Where the accepted synthetic nature makes “true” nature irrelevant. Where looking out the car window rarely occurs; easily replaceable with a television screen on the back of mom’s seat. It is through Louv’s persistent attack on the audience’s emotion, personal stories, and satirical remarks that he illustrates the augmenting separation of humankind and nature.
In fact, the first emotional attack makes …show more content…
His simple question on why America wants their children to avoid watching tv, yet continue to make it more accessible propels his argument because he makes the audience realise that hypocrisy is not just for the ignorant. Soon after his satirical remark, he answers with a question of his own. He asks why the natural world is not worth watching, offering a solution to the audience that makes them realise that their stupidity and incompetence of their evolving culture has allowed for their world to not become a technological empire, but rather a culture where losing the essence of nature is acceptable.
In an effort to convince the world that this generation is losing its touch with nature, Louv states beyond what is evident. Although Louv hates the idea that nature loses value as technology gets better, he simply states that in a constantly changing world, we must not forget that simplicity brings us joy. Sure, having a tv on the backseat of a car or watching butterflies with Pepsi logos is cool, but the real joy comes from living life simply, where nature is nature and- the simple- action of looking outside a car window is life at its fullest -