Humanity has an inherent need for nature to be a part of their everyday lives. The term described... more Humanity has an inherent need for nature to be a part of their everyday lives. The term described by E. O. Wilson as Biophilia describes humanity’s intrinsic desire and need to connect with nature and the natural environment. Biophilia connects “science and the humanities, biology and culture” in a “dramatic manner,” asking us what exactly “binds us so closely to living things?” The biophilia hypothesis is based on the notion that humans consistently demonstrate this innate desire to spend time with other organisms, trying to understand, interact, name and catalog every life form. Our need to experience nature surpasses the pure necessity of plants and algae creating the oxygen we breathe or the reliance on plants and animals for the clothes we wear and the food we eat.This is the effort carried out here, by the NEST (Nature, Environment, Science and Technology) fellows who created this field guide. Joanne Marras Tate, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication, Robert Buehler, M.F.A. candidate in Arts and Art History, and Mathew Sharples, Ph.D. from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have carried out a project that cataloged and researched some of the species and their relationships at the University of Colorado Boulder main campus, resulting in this field guide. This field guide intends to point out some of the local flora and fauna around the University of Colorado Boulder and the complex relationships shared between species - including us - that outline the many ways in which our worlds intertwine. The authors acknowledge that the University of Colorado Boulder sits upon land within the territories of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples, while the state of Colorado has ties to 48 different Native American tribes. Each tribe has developed different ways of existing within their environment and interacting with nature.The authors have compiled a number of species and their interactions, but it is hoped that this field guide will continue for many years ahead as an ongoing project.
Humanity has an inherent need for nature to be a part of their everyday lives. The term described... more Humanity has an inherent need for nature to be a part of their everyday lives. The term described by E. O. Wilson as Biophilia describes humanity’s intrinsic desire and need to connect with nature and the natural environment. Biophilia connects “science and the humanities, biology and culture” in a “dramatic manner,” asking us what exactly “binds us so closely to living things?” The biophilia hypothesis is based on the notion that humans consistently demonstrate this innate desire to spend time with other organisms, trying to understand, interact, name and catalog every life form. Our need to experience nature surpasses the pure necessity of plants and algae creating the oxygen we breathe or the reliance on plants and animals for the clothes we wear and the food we eat.This is the effort carried out here, by the NEST (Nature, Environment, Science and Technology) fellows who created this field guide. Joanne Marras Tate, Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication, Robert Buehler, M.F.A. candidate in Arts and Art History, and Mathew Sharples, Ph.D. from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, have carried out a project that cataloged and researched some of the species and their relationships at the University of Colorado Boulder main campus, resulting in this field guide. This field guide intends to point out some of the local flora and fauna around the University of Colorado Boulder and the complex relationships shared between species - including us - that outline the many ways in which our worlds intertwine. The authors acknowledge that the University of Colorado Boulder sits upon land within the territories of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples, while the state of Colorado has ties to 48 different Native American tribes. Each tribe has developed different ways of existing within their environment and interacting with nature.The authors have compiled a number of species and their interactions, but it is hoped that this field guide will continue for many years ahead as an ongoing project.
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