"When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe." -John Muir

 

     This quote by the naturist John Muir is universally applicable. Muir dedicated his life to preserving Sierra Nevada treasures such as the Yosemite Valley. He saw himself as a citizen, not of the city, state or country, but of the universe. His life's writing and drawings are saved for us at the library at the University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. He is known as the forefather of the environmental movement and the national park system.

 

Why is this concept important to us? When technology effects the planet with geoengineering, genetically altered food, plants and animals, and ubiquitous computing sensors in everything, it effects humans, and not in a good way.

 

Our autonomy as creative individuals and our physical survival depends on a healthy environment.  We are "hitched" to everything around us, the air, water, land, animals. You can't change them without changing us.