http://arts.envirolink.org/interviews_and_conversations/EOWilson.html

for an interview with this venerable scientist. It has to do with “the human propensity to affiliate with other life forms.” We love nature, we are one with all of life, whether we always think in this way or not.

Professor Wilson was also interviewed by Bill Moyers last Summer:

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/07062007/profile.html

in a wide ranging discussion that emphasized the utter need to sustain and encourage biodiversity.

I’ve found that it takes not only a scientific focus on these vital issues, but also “poetry,” to appeal to our biophilia instincts. There is no substitute for “hiking, narrative and a camera” in reminding us of our biological roots. Years ago the books of Ann and Myron Sutton on Appalachia, the American West, Pacific Crest Trail, Eastern Forests, Wildlife of the Forests, etc., helped introduce me to places that I’d never been and the life therein.

Your site is helping to bridge the science with the vision that is locked within us all.