Nature and Ownership

I was going to write about natural herbicides and pesticides, but after having done extensive research, and drafting a rough copy, I decided not to post.  Why?  Because there are lots of great links out there, and I do not feel comfortable putting up pesticide recipes that are still toxic, even if they are natural, and do not have a long lasting environmental impact.  Any search engine will give you lots of information if you search “natural pesticides”.

What am I going to comment on?  Nature, and ownership.  The apartment that I rent is in a house that looks out over the woods.  There are flowers everywhere!  Right now, there are lots of daisies, and many, many, other flowers that I cannot identify, but wish I could.  When I get home in the evening, after it has been warm, the air is pregnant with the sweet smells of the various wild flowers.  I am lucky to live there.  However, whenever I am outside during the day, taking the dog for a walk, I have to fight the urge to pick flowers.  Why?  Because I feel that if I leave the flowers outside, in nature, they exist for everyone to enjoy (people and animals).  However, if I bring them inside, they immediately start to die, and the only ones to enjoy them are myself, and my partner.

This got me to thinking about the concept of ownership, and possession, and natural resources.  It seems to be a cultural impulse in North America to want to possess things.  If we like something, we automatically want to bring it home with us.  These thoughts led me to thinking about those natural resources that are essential for life:  food, water, and air.  Who owns these things?  Should we “own” these things?  There are so many implications… but as usual, I don’t feel that I know enough to form and opinion.  So I think I will do some research and then do a blog about the ownership of food, water and air.  (Not necessarily in that order).

I’ll see what I can come up with!