We Need to Take Responsibility for the Environment (Post 8 of 9) Both men [Roosevelt and Reagan], if you read carefully, avoided making the mistake of those fervent environmentalists who believe that nature is to be protected at the expense of humanity. I mean, let’s keep it real. We human beings leave a mark on the environment. How could we not? Even in prehistoric times, when the environment was altered only in ways necessary for survival (wood fires for warmth and cooking, game killed for food, forests cleared to grow crops), however small the human footprint, however much in harmony with nature, it was nonetheless there. It was inevitable. Today, of course, there are billions more beside it. In Fact, in some cases, the footprint of humanity has become a defining aspect of the land. But we should not beat ourselves over this fact. Ours is as legitimate a role in the ecosystem as has ever existed. From Mike Huckabee’s book “A Simple Government” page 108 (Post 8 of 9)
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