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1、TheHistoricalRootsofOurEcologicalCrisisThehistoryofecologicchangeisstillsorudimentarythatweknowLynnWhite,Jr.littleaboutwhatreallyhappened,orwhattheresultswere.TheextinctionoftheEuropeanaurochsaslateas1627wouldseemtohavebeenasimplecaseofoverenthusiastichunting.Onmoreintricatemattersitoftenisimposs
2、ibletofindsolidinformation.ForathousandyearsormoretheAconversationwithAldousHuxleynotinfrequentlyputoneattheFrisiansandHollandershavebeenpushingbacktheNorthSea,andthereceivingendofanunforgettablemonologue.AboutayearbeforehisprocessisculminatinginourowntimeinthereclamationoftheZuiderZee.lamentedde
3、athhewasdiscoursingonafavoritetopic:Man'sunnaturalWhat,ifany,speciesofanimals,birds,fish,shorelife,orplantshavediedtreatmentofnatureanditssadresults.Toillustratehispointhetoldhow,outintheprocess?IntheirepiccombatwithNeptunehavetheduringtheprevioussummer,hehadreturnedtoalittlevalleyinEnglandNether
4、landersoverlookedecologicalvaluesinsuchawaythatthequalityofwherehehadspentmanyhappymonthsasachild.OnceithadbeenhumanlifeintheNetherlandshassuffered?Icannotdiscoverthatthecomposedofdelightfulgrassyglades;nowitwasbecomingovergrownwithquestionshaveeverbeenasked,muchlessanswered.unsightlybrushbecause
5、therabbitsthatformerlykeptsuchgrowthundercontrolhadlargelysuccumbedtoadisease,myxomatosis,thatwasPeople,then,haveoftenbeenadynamicelementintheirowndeliberatelyintroducedbythelocalfarmerstoreducetherabbits'environment,butinthepresentstateofhistoricalscholarshipweusuallydodestructionofcrops.Beingso
6、methingofaPhilistine,Icouldbesilentnonotknowexactlywhen,where,orwithwhateffectsman-inducedchangeslonger,evenintheinterestsofgreatrhetoric.Iinterruptedtopointoutthatcame.Asweenterthelastthirdofthe20thcentury,however,concernfortherabbititselfhadbeenbroughtasadomesticanimaltoEnglandin1176,theproblem
7、ofecologicbacklashismountingfeverishly.Naturalscience,presumablytoimprovetheproteindietofthepeasantry.conceivedastheefforttounderstandthenatureofthings,hadflourishedinseveralerasandamongseveralpeoples.Similarlytherehad
