Walter Truett Anderson

In the following viewpoint, Walter Truett Anderson argues that the future of environmental protection does not lie with those who reject modern technologies and industries, but instead with those who use them to actively manage ecosystems. Urging or coercing people simply to go “back to nature” is unrealistic and will do little for the environment, he asserts. Moreover, such a move fails to account for a world growing more industrialized, urbanized, and more technological every passing year. The conservation of natural resources and the preservation (and restoration) of relatively wild habitats require proactive human management using technology. Anderson is the author of several books including Evolution Isn’t What It Used to Be and The Future of the Self: Inventing the Postmodern Person...