Jem Kamran- The "Green" Culture

Lane claim’s that our ‘Landscapes are culture before they are nature’ (239). In class we defined culture as people interacting with each other in response to something in their environment. We talked about how stories of nature effect how we perceive nature. Just few years a go our consumerism culture defined nature. So many say the landscape as a place to exploit for resources. However, I believe in today’s culture nature is perceived as a sacred space more than it had been before. The emphasis on consequences of global warming, and the culture of going green has begun to define our culture and have begun to define how we perceive nature. The move to protect landscapes from human corruption has increased as a result.  As the ideology of our culture has altered to conservatism our perception of nature has altered as well.