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Take some time this summer to watch the birds and other parts of the natural world. PHOTO BY BILL FAVER The Quality Of Our Future ? BY BILL FAVER After many years of neglect and sometimes outright exploitation, it would seem this year we are be ginning to take our natural environment * seriously. There are many signs, such as global envi ronmental conferences, a national administration and a vice-president with more than casual environ mental concerns and poli cies, corporate approaches which do more than offer a public relations image, and millions of citizens who are concerned about the fu ture welfare of their neighborhoods, cities, and states. These are not just the hikers, the bird watchers, hunters and fishermen who love the out-of-doors and want to protect it for their uses. These are people who realize the quality of our future is going to be determined by the quality of our re lationship to the Earth. What better time than our July 4th hol iday to think about our natural environ ment? After all, much of our heritage and our history is tied to our land ? clear ing it for homesteads, farming it for our ???????????????????? livelihood, defending it, developing it, and buying and selling it! Some see the future offering greater and greater advantages to those who fo cus on environmental concerns. New businesses, new and better products, i safer processes, and wiser practices are expected to become economically feasi ble and will solve some of the problems we face. At the heart of all of this is an individual concern and caring for our natural places. Those who visit the beaches this sum mer have an opportunity to experience the natural part of this environment. Sure, you can take advantages of all the man-made offerings and the fishing, golfing, sailing, etc. Just leave some time to meditate with the birds in song, or the ghost crabs in hiding, or endless motio of the waves as they wash the beach. Examine the flowers (and the weeds), follow the tangle of vines, listen to the ripening of beach peas in the dunes, feel the wind on your face! As you learn from nature and improve the quality of your relationship to Earth, you learn more about who you are and how you should live, and you improve the quality of our future as a nation. "IX? ?
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