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Risd Xyz Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts | Full Issue, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz
Risd Xyz Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts | Full Issue, Liisa Silander, Risd Xyz
RISD XYZ Spring/Summer 2014: Natural Instincts
"As ANIMALS, WE'RE ALL PART OF NATURE, sharing DNA with fish, trees, rocks—everything that came to be with the big bang. We’re also dependent on nature for everything: water, oxygen, food, life. And as the animals currently at the top of the food chain, we’re responsible for respecting and caring for it, too...
So what do we do when faced with both the fury and fragility of nature? Do we shrug it off, thinking: “the planet is ruined and we’re screwed,” as Associate Professor Damian White asks (page 52)? Or do we take science seriously and recognize that …