For the love of places, indeed. I lived in the Sun Valley, Idaho area for 14 years and worked in environmental conservation. Others lived there for love of skiing, fishing, hiking, and all that the outdoors provided. I lived there at first, well, just because. Because I felt dropped there: spat out like Jonah from the whale when I was attempting to move from LA to NYC. Eventually I realized it reminded me of my hometown in Michigan (which made no sense until I wrote my dissertation on the psychology of home). It was enough to simply love the place. I didn't need anything from it, nor did I need a qualifier for my affection.
Landscapes, neighborhoods, places... these are indeed as valuable as people. They shape us, teach us, house us, influence us in every way. People are defined by the places in which they live, the places from which they were born, the places in which they work and play.
You've done a wonderful job exploring this. I love the quotes from the book (a book which I am not familiar with but now am intrigued). To pull the idea even farther into the macro, environmental conservation is social justice. If we care about people at all, we MUST care for our places, for our earth. When we destroy these places, we destroy people.
For the love of places, indeed. I lived in the Sun Valley, Idaho area for 14 years and worked in environmental conservation. Others lived there for love of skiing, fishing, hiking, and all that the outdoors provided. I lived there at first, well, just because. Because I felt dropped there: spat out like Jonah from the whale when I was attempting to move from LA to NYC. Eventually I realized it reminded me of my hometown in Michigan (which made no sense until I wrote my dissertation on the psychology of home). It was enough to simply love the place. I didn't need anything from it, nor did I need a qualifier for my affection.
Landscapes, neighborhoods, places... these are indeed as valuable as people. They shape us, teach us, house us, influence us in every way. People are defined by the places in which they live, the places from which they were born, the places in which they work and play.
You've done a wonderful job exploring this. I love the quotes from the book (a book which I am not familiar with but now am intrigued). To pull the idea even farther into the macro, environmental conservation is social justice. If we care about people at all, we MUST care for our places, for our earth. When we destroy these places, we destroy people.
Thank you for an interesting reflection!
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