Readings-self refresher

The first reading about nature discussed some of the same issues we covered in our discussion on Wednesday. The nature of any animal is its instinct to survive, but at the same time in order to survive we need to make advancements and industrialize. Many would say this is unnatural but again there is the question whether it really is unnatural? If it is our nature to survive and do whatever possible to do so then how is anything we do to accomplish this goal unnatural? The more I think about nature and the more we discuss it I find it to be a matter of opinion. Of course knocking down a forest and using nonrenewable resources is something we all know is harmful to the environment, but on the other hand in the time we live in when what we are greatest at is our ability to consume it is necessary for us to advance in order to thrive and survive. Although the second reading about the artist working with corn started off addressing much of the same issues, the article lost me when it began discussing the education of corn...what does that have to do with nature?