Stories from Spring 2018
“The life of a human being”
~Retired shoemaker from Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.
“Adventure!”
~Univeristy student and fast food worker from Rovigo, Veneto, Italy.
“Resource to save :-)”
~Univeristy student from Rovigo, Veneto, Italy
“An incredibly complex system that we are only beginning to understand”
~Geologist from Berkeley, Northern California, USA
~Student studying politics and international relations from Trinidad and Tobago
“Scary, beautiful, massive! It respects us more than we it…”
~Student from Bristol, UK
“Home :)”
~Student studying Spanish and business from Brighton, UK
“Peace”
~Student from Madrid, Spain
“The original source”
~Student studying maths and Spanish from West London, UK
“She will protect you, if you protect her ❤”
~Student from Reading, Berkshire, UK
“Home, bigger perspective, something we share space with, not separate from, awe-inspiring.”
~Ecology student from Essex, UK
“Complex biological systems.➡nature➡basic values of people.”
~General Assistant from Surrey, England
“I am nature, aren’t we all?”
~Policy advisor from Washington DC, USA
“Oceans!”
~Marine geneticist from France
“If you think of a happy life, I am sure that nature is part of it. (Whatever that means to you?)”
~Data analyst from Madrid, Spain
“Great for my mental health”
~Project officer from Somerset, UK
“Precious! Treasure it!”
~Tropical Ecologist from Wales/France
“Fascination! Questions! Answers?”
~PhD student studying the effects of land use change and climate change from Lyon, France
“My lack of milkshake brings all the boys to the yard: small galls equals many males”
~PhD student studying invasive gall wasps from England
“Nature: our past, our present, our future”
~ PhD student studying snakes from York, UK
“Beauty, opportunity, life & death”
~Ecologist from South East England
“Nature = life”
~Homemaker from Libya/UK
“Nature is a mystery”
~Student from UK/Iraq
“Nature is a source of life”
~Student from UK/Iraq
“Nature is the secret to a beautiful life”
~Museum collections officer from Iraq/UK
Nature is: calm + relaxing, beautiful, important ➡ air quality CO ➡ oxygen. Enjoyable (see above). In danger (from man), water – essential! Rainforests – essential, in danger.
~Electro-mechanical engineer from Reading, Berkshire, UK
“Nature is the source of all life. Without it the world would be doomed. I’m personally not an outdoorsy type of person but do appreciate it and know how important nature is to sustain human life.”
~Model and actress from New York City, USA
“Nature is the giver of life. What connects us all!
~DJ from California, USA
“Green, beauty, God, life, hope, clean, garden, love, growth”
~Retired shop manager from California, USA
“Nature is just to be loved and cared for!”
~Retired from working in micrographic technologies from North Dakota, USA
“Nature is all we need”
~Filmmaker and ecologist from Michigan, USA
“A lot”
~Conservationist from Southern California, USA
“Nature is healing. Nature is peaceful and serene. Nature is an escape to another world. Nature is powerful and majestic. Nature is our one and only love. It is giving and supports all life. Nature is exciting, adventurous, new, full of life. Nature is beauty. -Caylee”
~Student from USA
“Nature is the ultimate tranquility”
~Animal ecologist from The Netherlands
“Nature is important”
~Research Coordinator from Michigan, USA
“Serenity, inspiration, need, beauty, respect”
~PhD student studying the collective behavior of birds from Greece
“Cycle, equilibrium, humans in the centre and not on top.”
~Scientist from Ecuador
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