IN A GAME LODGE IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHEN THE GUESTS STARTED ARRIVING, A LEOPARD SUDDENLY APPEARED AND STARTED STROLLING THROUGH THE LODGE.

THE ENVIRONMENTALISM VIEW OF THIS EVENT IS EXPLAINED AS FOLLOWS.

“WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THIS EVENT IS THAT HUMAN BEINGS, EVEN WITH THE BEST WILL IN THE WORLD, CANNOT BUT RESTRICT THE NATURAL WORLD. THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DOING TO NATURE. WE ARE PUSHING THE NATURAL WORLD ASIDE, EVEN THE MOST CONSIDERATE OF US ARE SUBCONSCIOUSLY PUSHING THE NATURAL WORLD ASIDE. WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM THIS INSIGHT INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HUMANS AND NATURE IS THAT WE ARE INTRUDERS. IN THE NATURAL WORLD, WE ARE LATECOMERS. THE NATURAL WORLD WOULD DO MUCH BETTER IF WE WERE NOT HERE AT ALL. ONCE WHEN I WAS LEAVING HOME FOR A MEETING, MY DAUGHTER WHO IS IN HER MID 20S SAID. “YOU’VE GOT TO TELL DAVID ATTENBOROUGH THAT I LOVE HIM. MY WHOLE GENERATION LOVES HIM.

QUESTION: WHAT DOES IT MEAN AND WHAT DOES IT IMPLY TO HAVE SUCH ENTHUSIASTIC AND DEVOTED ADORING SUPPORT FROM A YOUNGER GENERATION? AS FOR ME, IT REMINDS ME THAT THE NATURAL WORLD, IF IT IS ALLOWED TO APPEAR, AND IF IT WERE TO SPEAK THE LANGUAGE OF THE NATURAL WORLD TO THE HUMANS, IT WOULD BE SO VERY FULL OF DRAMA. THE BEST THING I COULD DO IN THAT SITUATION IS TO KEEP OUT OF THE WAY. TO KEEP QUIET. PEOPLE THINK THE CREDIT IN SOME WAY BELONGS TO ME. IT DOESN’T. IT BELONGS TO THE NATURAL WORLD. THE WONDER OF IT ALL. THE NATURAL WORLD IS FULL OF SPECTACLE AND WONDER. {PATRICK THOMAS BROWN, DUKE UNIVERSITY}.