People who gravitate to the outdoors, and especially those who live in the outback, do not believe in excess. They are minimalists by nature and necessity. Stuff holds less value while the environment holds more value.
The deeper their relations to the earth, the more they come to care for it, nurture it, and where necessary, heal it. Their ministrations come in many forms, labour and advocacy being two examples.
It is far easier to exploit natural resources when people separate themselves from that which is being plundered. That lack of empathy with Gaia will ultimately be humanity’s undoing.
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