For example, we have removed weeds and other crops that have contributed to a balance in the garden, just to plant flowers that do not contribute to anything worthwhile. When problems start to arise we try to find solutions such as pesticides to take back control. We have created a view that the garden is…
One of the reasons I wanted to be a biologist was that I liked the idea of walking through life being able to acknowledge other species. When I walk through a forest I want to be able to tell which trees I can see, which bird is singing and which organisms are contributing to the…
In those days when humans were dependent on nature, slept outside, hunted for food and searched the forest and meadows for edible plants, berries and mushrooms, a connection to nature was necessary for survival. Ebba Lisberg Jensen, a researcher in human ecology at Malmö Högskola, contributed with an interesting text for the yearbook 2014 of the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation. She pinpointed…