Comments by Madison Phillips Most recent public comments by Madison Phillips https://nowcomment.com/users/157455 Nature does not need humanity to sustain itself. Humanity, however, needs nature to sustain itself. https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512605 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512605 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:06:44 -0400 This really is eye opening. People love the idea of saving "pretty" aspects of nature (canyons, beaches, etc) but not so much about equally as important but not as visually appealing aspects (such as bogs or even large predators like gators or snakes) https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512604 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512604 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:05:59 -0400 Environmental issues cannot only refer to remote areas (such as rainforests subject to deforestation) but must also refer to cities suffering from pollution, the less "obvious" issues https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512603 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512603 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:04:27 -0400 This will always be weird for me to think about. The land was unexplored by white people, but Indigenous people had lived here for who knows how long. Their words have so much meaning. https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512602 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512602 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:02:56 -0400 "A shapeless state" and "nature is ugly" ar very strong words to simply describe some people that live differently. It is uncomfortable https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512601 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512601 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:01:40 -0400 Humans colonized everything so heavily that nature just... stopped. That's sad to think about. https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512600 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512600 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:00:33 -0400 This and the paragraph beforehand really resonate with me. The landscapes of so many national parks (Everglades, Grand Canyon, etc) are so vast and breathtaking to truly see. It really is a "supernatural" thing https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512599 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512599 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:59:15 -0400 Wow. What a powerful paragraph. "...the unnaturalness of so natural a place" is haunting. Nature is so powerful in the way that so many different memories can be linked using scenery https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512598 https://nowcomment.com/documents/400498?scroll_to=3512598 Sun, 29 Jun 2025 20:56:37 -0400