Parks are a financial investment. It is taxpayer dollars which keep national parks in business. A picture is worth a thousand words. It is common knowledge that our climate is rapidly changing. Man can begin to grasp the importance of nature and identify with it when he visits our parks. To see nature in the raw is to understand not only the importance of how climate change impacts our lives as we go from season to season in sync with nature, but the implications involved when we are out of rhythm with nature. If we fail to protect planet earth we may wind up one day being out of sight. The extinction of our species would make us the big losers. Therefore, it is imperative to understand nature, not for what we want it to be, but instead the way things must be if we are to survive as a species. In visiting our parks, we can begin to appreciate the trees, the animals, the clean air. We can even find solutions to climate change. There is a wealth of education to be had from visiting a park. Our parks are where we can find the ingredients necessary to protect nature and human life. Let’s all visit our parks more often, realizing the lessons we learn there are free for the asking. Parks are a place where we can gain a greater respect for and heightened awareness of the need to protect our land, not just for man, but for the animals and plants as well. Visiting a park can therefore become a humbling experience. We need this experiene in order to protect life, life in all its myriad forms, to revere not just human life but all life. Urban sprawl cannot make us rich in health. Parks can, though.Can’t get enough? There’s more: Fatherhood Confronts Climate Change
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