Natural spaces reclaim themselves.
It takes such little effort on its behalf; but a lot of time.
Our endeavours operate in the reverse: claiming space takes us little time, and lots of effort.
It is for this very reason I believe many people feel more attracted to urban/human spaces that have established themselves over a long period of time. The spaces seem more natural, seem more connected to natural processes. We enjoy walking in Old Montréal, but are less attracted to a bland concrete big-box store plaza. Old Montréal has been there for hundreds of years -- Big Box Plaza might as well have opened last Thursday. When something has been there for a few generations, it seems more interesting.
Many will tour North America for the nature, and Europe for the architecture and "history".
I require little more evidence than locations such as these two pictured to show what a future without the last remaining human species would be like.
Time, nature has. Time is almost of no concern, except to those who can conceive of their own end.
Our only chance to not be the last human species is to learn to work with nature, rather than trying to create our own completely seperate Nature 2.0.
Which means to once again, consider that if time equals money, and time is of no consequence to nature, neither is money.
And if we can use that notion as a new value, we may be far more capable than we can imagine within our own times.
(Left: The Corran, near Wiarton, Ontario; Right: Old Ruins, Bruce Trail in Niagara Region near Cedar Springs)
