Subject: Re: Scope or focus of newsgroup
From: William D Hulet <whulet@uoguelph.ca>
Organization: University of Guelph
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 10:30:40 -0400
Message-ID: <MOD$971002.2041@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
References: <MOD$971001.5596@rec.gardens.ecosystems> <MOD$971001.13507@rec.gardens.ecosystems>
On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Dan Sterner wrote:
>
> I'd think it does fit in here, but the group can also have room for
> people in urban or suburban situations who simply don't have the land to
> have a natural ecosystem so want to learn how to use a low impact
Sorry to disagree. No matter where you go, you can't escape
nature. I live and garden right down town in a city and I'm constantly
amazed at the complexity of the insect and animal communities right at my
doorstep. The idea that "nature" only exists in wilderness parks is a big
part of the problem that we have about understanding ecology.