Why is there no interest in nature anymore?

JC 2K3

Yeah, forget this post, very tired and just after browsing through nature websites and decided to post this....... Not gonna bump the topic though...

paulus

It's also probably a good time to get interested.

We do have Mooney Goes Wild every Saturday on the radio and I keep coming across wildlife docus on BBC. And David Attenborough has just about the biggest back catlogue there is.

Banphrionsa

What about hikes in the mountains of Kerry? Back to nature by physically going there, rather than just on film? Know an experienced guide and plan to take advantage of him someday.

junkyard

I still think people are interested in nature in general, there are a lot of documentaries on T.V. and on satellite T.V. there are even a few channels. I think the main reason that people appear to be losing interest is that they are busier the way the economy is going and a lot of the nature programmes are fairly gruesome even though its what really happens.

Rb

RTE2 shows loads of nature programmes. Some are interesting, some are not.

Basq

JC 2K3 wrote:

..but I mean tell me that this isn't one of the coolest photos you've ever seen:

Hmmmmm... i think i dated her!

jimmycrackcorm

JC 2K3 wrote:

(btw I'm aware that there's a nature forum, but it's dead and no one will see the topic there)

You should send that link to the dudes at www.rotten.com

projectmayhem

i watch some of the nature shows on BBC. they can be fairly interesting, but i don't watch them to learn new things... they're just entertaining

Kingp35

By nature im presuming you dont just man wildlife. There are plenty of good documentaries about nature on. RTE show a good few but the BBC show the best. Planet Earth is running every week at the moment and its about the best there is. Blue Planet was excellent as well.

jrey1981

There is something that irks me a bit about all the nature programmes on.

While I think David Attenborough is the bees knees when it comes to wildlife documentaries, there is something a bit darkly contradictory about it all.

We are treating nature as a spectacle to entertain us, while at the same time plundering it and ruining alot of our environment.

We build roads and railways and fly thousands of miles between destinations and ignore any of the countryside in between.

The faster we are all moving, just so we can buy more, go farther or do more, and do more damage in the process, the less time we have to stop and think about what we are doing.

Maybe this is better suited to the "Get it off your chest" thread...

Alun

JC 2K3 wrote:

I just realised today that there is no interest amongst most people in nature, I'm not really interested in it but I find certain things fascinating, for example, wasps. They're just so amazing... You never see nature documentaries on TV much any more, pity because they're really interesting and there's only a limited amount of info on the internet about it...

So you managed to miss this, then? You must live in a cave without electricity then.

CoolGuy2006

JC 2K3 wrote:

I just realised today that there is no interest amongst most people in nature, I'm not really interested in it but I find certain things fascinating, for example, wasps. They're just so amazing... You never see nature documentaries on TV much any more, pity because they're really interesting and there's only a limited amount of info on the internet about it...

It seems that generally nature is seen as boring etc. but I mean tell me that this isn't one of the coolest photos you've ever seen:



(btw I'm aware that there's a nature forum, but it's dead and no one will see the topic there)

Possibly the most inaccurate post i have seen on Boards.ie

Congratulation

Dyr

My generation had fecking nature/nadúr shoved down our throat in school by eco hippie teachers and lapped it all up . And now look at the result, greens in the dail and european parliament, whipping out eco-taxes to beat the band. Teachers shouldnt be allowed ram their political views down our kids throats :mad:

RotalicaV

I like nature, but i prefer drinking.

ek942

CoolGuy2006 wrote:

Possibly the most inaccurate post i have seen on Boards.ie

Congratulation

I concur. Nature progs. on t.v every day on one channel or another.

Peace

Didn't we destroy nature as we know it in y2k? Whats left outside the city limits now?

Peace

basquille wrote:

Hmmmmm... i think i dated her!

Which part of her are you remembering when you look at that photo?

Binomate

I like the really really high quality nature programms that they show on RTE2 in the mornings on the weekends. The ones done with proper film cameras, like David Attenburough's(sp?) ones. Some of them are done on feckin' sony handycams and it's just annoying to watch.

CoolGuy2006

RotalicaV wrote:

I like nature, but i prefer drinking.

Killing two birds with one stone there i think





No animals were harmed in this post

englander

I think there are loads of good nature programs on TV. They are the types of repeats on TV I dont mind.

But the OP has a point - there doesn't seem to be the same interest in young people anymore.

When I was growing up my child hood consisted of things like collecting conkers/leaves/grass and identifying plants/fungi/birds etc and going off exploring, building dens, taking rubbings of trees etc.

My cousin moved his family out to the country from the city (when his kids were babies) so that they could have a similar life. All his kids want to do now is watch TV and play on playstation or go into town to the pictures or to see friends. Not a jot of interest in the countryside that surrounds them.

It makes me sad to see trees full of conkers in the local park and kids not bothering to collect them or play conkers.

JohnCleary

What are ya on abotu I love nature. Sure im up climbing mountains any chance I get.

Oh and in the summer ill be spending most weekends camping, fishing, etc.

Mind, ill be getting to my camping destination on a speedboat using 2stroke power... So I guess im kinda polluting the water with oil and petrol. oh well

Kingp35

englander wrote:

I think there are loads of good nature programs on TV. They are the types of repeats on TV I dont mind.

But the OP has a point - there doesn't seem to be the same interest in young people anymore.

When I was growing up my child hood consisted of things like collecting conkers/leaves/grass and identifying plants/fungi/birds etc and going off exploring, building dens, taking rubbings of trees etc.

My cousin moved his family out to the country from the city (when his kids were babies) so that they could have a similar life. All his kids want to do now is watch TV and play on playstation or go into town to the pictures or to see friends. Not a jot of interest in the countryside that surrounds them.

It makes me sad to see trees full of conkers in the local park and kids not bothering to collect them or play conkers.

My nine year old brother prefers watching nature programmes to any other programme including cartoons. He sits for ages on his own in the kitchen watching nature programmes. He loved March of the Penguins. I think there still is an interest in nature but agree that maybe its not like it used to be.

CoolGuy2006

Is everyone forgetting the recent Cinema release "March of the Penguins"

When was the last time you remmember something like this hitting the big screen. I dunno, city kids cant just very well get on a bus and head down to the country on their own. I think kids and people in general have a very healthy appetite for nature now. Jees, you cant turn on the telly now without stumbling upon a nature program. Everyday at somestage there is something on. Also, the national geographic and Animal Planet stations along with discovery are very educational.

I think things are actually better now than when i was a kid, People care more about the enviroment now, more about animal welfare now. Nearly everyone in ireland recycles now. Things are constantly improving. Just head down to any supermarket or health store and find GM free foods.

Our cities are getting bigger and the countryside is becoming ever further away but our thirst is getting stronger and stronger


I dont believe for one mintue that the younger generations were all little greenfingered naturists. I remmber when i was younger only a few nature programs on. Flick on the tv now, i bet you there is something on right now

skywalker

Seriously the BBC are churning out some amazing nature/wildlife stuff at the moment. Blue planet, life in the undergrowth are recent examples & the one thats screening atm, planet earth. Your just missing them aparently.