Homestead mailing list

[<eureka AT hctc.net>]

I think it's more of a partnership. In Michael Pollan's 
book "The Botany of Desire: A Plants-Eye View of the 
World" he looks at the co-evolution of people and apples, 
tulips, potatoes and cannabis. He shows how these species 
have successfully exploited human desires to flourish and 
believes agriculture is something the grasses did to 
people in order to conquer the trees. Plants give 
pollinators nectar in return for a service, so it's not 
outlandish to think we have some kind of trade going on 
with them too.

--Sage

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:04:12 -0400
 EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Well, even stewardship kind of implies that one is 
> tending something 
> lesser than themselves, something dependent and 
> something that needs 
> attention, but plants have lived on this planet far 
> longer than animals, 
> for sure.   Is it our ego that makes us think they even 
> need stewardship?
>
> Bev
>
> Bunjov AT aol.com wrote:
> > I don't think it's rationalization. I think it's the 
> > result of having a  
> > conscience - and consciousness, and realizing we are 
> > only a small part of the  big 
> > picture - and that it behooves us to keep that in mind.
> > Sandy
> > Mid-Mojave
> >  
> >  
> > In a message dated 10/10/2008 9:20:35 A.M. Pacific 
> > Standard Time,  
> > erthnsky AT bellsouth.net writes:
> >
> >
> >
> > Lynn Wigglesworth wrote:
> > > Deep thinking, Bev :-)  I  sometimes wonder things like 
> > > that, too. I've 
> > > often noticed that  volunteer plants do better than ones 
> > > I plant and 
> > > 'tend' (try to bend  to my will?). Makes me think. I 
> > > like the idea of 
> > > stewardship or  care-taking rather than dominion.
> >
> >
> > I think, I just don't always  express myself well. :)
> > I like the idea of stewardship, too.  Is that 
> > rationalization to suit 
> > our needs?
> >
> > Bev
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
> > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com 
> > Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.6/1715 - 
> > Release Date: 10/8/2008 7:19 PM
>
> --
> "The nine most terrifying words in the English language 
> are: 'I'm from 
> the government and I'm here to help.'"  Ronald Reagan
> _______________________________________________
> Homestead list and subscription:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/homestead
> Change your homestead list member options:
> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/options/homestead/eureka%40hctc.net
> View the archives at:
> https://lists.ibiblio.org/sympa/arc/homestead