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Do you foresee the possibility of mankind replica Longines watch ever peacefully co-existing with the natural environment? What has to happen to make that a reality? I think human beings have a hard time with the status quo. Balance and stability are not our strong suits, but nor are they Nature’s. That said, “Peaceful” – that is, sustainable, co-existence – is occurring right now, but only in places where the human population, and Nature’s ability to renew itself in the face of that population’s demands, are in balance. Such equilibrium tends only to occur at the village level, in rural areas, which is not to say it’s not possible in urban areas – I believe it is. But in order for it to happen, three things are required: a manageable population; humility, and a loving knowledge of the land.

In general, all three of these criteria appear to be in short replica Movado watch supply because, as the environmental historian, John Perlin, said so well: “Civilization has never recognized limits to its needs.”Given the current state of the world’s population and its increasing appetite for the incredible array of things most readers of this blog already take for granted, I don’t see how such co-existence can occur on a large scale without a massive, and most likely cataclysmic, recalibration of our expectations for what the world “owes” us in terms of allowable consumption and lifestyle. This recalibration is unlikely to come about voluntarily. What may force it is when the earth bites back hard enough to get our attention, and that process has begun in earnest.Most people convert only in the face of crisis, or government edict.

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