Humans are product of the environment and every human activity is determined and influenced by the peculiarities of the particular enviromrnent he or she find himself.
I believe this: It is a human being's arrogance to think that humans can conquer the environment. Humans should live in harmony with the environment.
The wording of the question is very critical here. Humans are not 'products' but construct themselves in a feedback loop with the different environments they encounter. Humans are born with a genetic 'predisposition' that operates as a filter and arranger for environmental phenomena, choosing and interpreting them in a personal and unique fashion that establishes a self 'identity' that works as a kind of platform from which TO BE IN THE WORLD. Words cannot do justice to this circular process of choosing to take in things from the outside, operating on it, and subsequently acting in certain ways. The more complex the environment, the more complex this circular dynamic must be in order to deal with impinging or available information. The resulting weltanschauung is what I suppose you could call the 'core' person, who is constantly enmeshed in a matrix that Bourdieu calls the habitus. (I would absolutely recommend you read his work in this area, because it addresses in many ways what you are asking). The main thing to keep in mind is that there isn't any determinism involved in the environment-individual development, and any 'influence' on one individual is going to be an individual influence of a kind that is not wholly predictable, nor in most cases predictable at all. The main problem in social science is the fact that humans are reflexive and can/may change in relation to experience, so there is no 'linear' development but a creative relationship with the outer environment and the person's inner environment of thought/experience/feelings. (For example, in Turnbull's The Forest People, when observing a group of Ituri, who spend their entire lives in dense foliage, he took one of the head men with him, in his jeep, out of the dense forest and onto a high savannah hill. It was the first time the Ituri man had been out of the forest and he scanned the horizon with wonder. He spotted some cattle far in the distance and asked Turnbull what kind of insects they were, because they appeared so small to him! This was a case of being accustomed to a particular set of physical surroundings that gave visual structure to his world. Because he had never been able to see a long distance, he couldn't immediately apprehend size relationships. So, in reference to your question about environment, this is a matter of a person becoming accustomed to what s/he encounters.) Therefore, you can only observe a subject's behavior in conjunction with very detailed questions, over a very very long time, and then make suppositions or assumptions about their beliefs, attitudes, etc. Clifford Geertz's method of hermeneutics is very instructive in this regard, and would be valuable reading for your question.
The main thing I think I want to emphasize is the 'plasticity' of the human mind as it develops and constantly encounters new phenomena/ideas/experiences, and how the mind constructs a reality from those encounters that is not 'determined' by anything outside but by the human in a dynamic circle of reference and action.
I believe this: It is a human being's arrogance to think that humans can conquer the environment. Humans should live in harmony with the environment.
'Environment' means everything outside the individual organism, i.e. the physical and the social. In your question, do you mean environment in this sense, or are you referring only to the physical, i.e., what we normally and casually refer to as 'nature'?
Humans should remain in balance with nature and they cannot conquer the environment.We commonly say that harmony should be maintained between the two.
People in masses believe that their duty to take care of the environment is limited by inside the walls of their houses. Taking care of the outside environment requires a higher level of humans' self-organization, and a collective understanding of a vital importance in solving this problem.
The fact that people learned as to how to use the environment does not mean humans can conquer environment. The most essential truth people have to collectively understand is that one cannot spit in the plate which one is eating from. Two things that are mandatory in preserving environment:
- to forbid any activity poisoning the environment, and
- to invest into regular prophylactic cleaning to preserve normal standards of environment consumption and purity.
Man can conquer its environment but should not destroy its environment for not destroy himself.
not sure but one thing that getting clearer with every passing day is that nature will safer with out human being
Can human being conquer its environment?
Human beings should "conquer" an environment by adapting & protecting the environment rather than abusing the environment.
If human beings continue to be careless, the opposite will probably happen, that is, their environment will conquer them. I hope humans will awake before it is too late.
Regards
Dear Kayode Asaju and colleagues,
I am not sure if product is the right word - I feel that that we also produce our environment both the outside and inside one (see one of my publications). We then become the product of the environment we produce. These environments reflect one another. When we learn to look after our inner environment (our body and our thought patterns) we also start looking after the outer environment.
However learning to live in harmony with Nature is certainly a key, as said by Tatsuo Tabata.
Warm regards
Tina
Dear Dr. Kayode Asaju,
Human can make efforts in making environment sustainable but can't conquer.
I d not think the environment can be conquered by human beings it can partially be modified in local and limited area.
We need to conquer human hearts by serves, love and attitude i think environment will be favorable for all human beings
Certainly by creating the necessary supplies ... Greetings
Humans can conquer their psychological hardships, although it is often very difficult. However, humans cannot and should not conquer the physical world, as this leads to environmental degradation. Rather, humans should nurture the physical world.
The human being has already conquered its environment, thanks to the better knowledge of nature and the phenomena that are verified in it, including some phenomena of human and non-human life; thanks to the improvement of the creative processes of research and technological innovation.
What human beings now have to learn is to take better care of nature and their species and thus avoid or limit their action in the destructive changes of the environment (ecocide)
I agree with José Luis García Vigil that human being already conquered the environment
Yes to certain degree.
“Human being, as a cultural creature, is considered more important than any other living creature because of their ability to conquer the environment”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.
Although, the mankind forced to make changes in the environment to a certain extent to build essential things for survival of them such as houses and roads, the natural disasters occur from time to time emphasize the human beings regarding their boundaries that they should know while dealing with the environment.
http://www.pmdnews.lk/human-ability-conquer-environment-know-boundaries-deal-president/
Main contaminator of the Earth is the human beings, just take a look at the attached poster and you will surely recognized the international size of contamination.
Poster source: University of Georgia.
Emad
Also I utterly agree with our colleague Dr. José Luis García Vigil .
thank you sir for sharing your realistic point of view.
Emad
Dear Colleagues, Good Day,
Attached is an excellent "ACADEMIC DISSERTATION" that entitled: "CONQUERING NATURE AND ENGAGING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT IN THE RUSSIAN INDUSTRIALISED NORTH". I hope, it is useful for your work...
I am so sorry, I could not upload the file due to internet problem but here is the link,... P.S. It seems that the file is here now!
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj94I38v6TXAhUFIlAKHQjOB_0QFgg4MAY&url=https%3A%2F%2Flauda.ula
Dear all,
Like most conquerers in the past - their days become numbered. It is a question of time before what is conquered gets the upper hand again. Maybe this is not about conquering or being conquered but learning to live in harmony?
Warm regards - Tina
NO. Death, disaster and disease are real. The only living option is stewardship on spaceship earth.
I think that human cann,t conquer its environment, but balance between human and its environment must be found, human can partically be modified in kocal area of the environment.
Good time and good luck
If we try to 'conquer' environment, the environment will for sure fight back in a way we do not understand at all - that would be our end. We should live according to the laws of environment, and make the environment as prosperous as we can since it would help to make us/our society stable again. We could even overcome 'Death, disaster and disease' mentioned by Stephen I. Ternyik, but only if we understand and follow the laws of nature (they can't be broken!) and not try to fight against them. And we should be aware that these laws are non-linear ones...
Best Regards
Andreas
“Human being, as a cultural creature, is considered more important than any other living creature because of their ability to conquer the environment”, says President Maithripala Sirisena.
“Although, the mankind forced to make changes in the environment to a certain extent to build essential things for survival of them such as houses and roads, the natural disasters occur from time to time emphasize the human beings regarding their boundaries that they should know while dealing with the environment”.
Human being, as a cultural creature, is considered more important than any other living creature because of their ability to conquer the environment. Although, the mankind forced to make changes in the environment to a certain extent to build essential things for survival of them such as houses and roads, the natural disasters occur from time to time emphasize the human beings regarding their boundaries that they should know while dealing with the environment.
At present, the environment has gone beyond its earlier depiction as a topic of natural beauty and today it is a major topic of the global dialogue the context of the scientific structure.
Discoveries like land degradation due to the global warming, many issues arisen as a result of the climate change, medical science findings about respiratory diseases that carbon emissions can directly cause for these diseases has made this dialogue more pivotal.
All prominent nations in the world have given priority to this vital topic and, approach toward this subject with utmost concern as they have understood the profound truth that humans cannot survive by going against the environment.
Various programmes were launched across the world to mark the World Environment Day with the aim of taking this decisive dialogue to the general public.
At present humans appear to be losing ground on Earth. Environment includes the sun, galaxy, and universe all of which are necessary and are changing beyond human control.
From a Christian standpoint, humans were made in the image and likeness of God (the Creator of Heaven and Earth and everything within them). Just as baby fish (fry) possess the characteristics of the parent fish (broodstock) so do humans possess the characteristics of God their heavenly Father. So far as there is nothing impossible with God, there is nothing impossible with mankind if He wills it.
Someone living in the era of the stone age must have had a good laugh and thought it crazy about the possibility of flying aeroplanes or riding various automobiles we have nowadays.
So can humans conquer their environment? Yes they can.
It is most appalling and disheartening that mankind is conquering the environment in a negative light.
From a Christian standpoint, God gave man charge over the earth with the injunction to tend it, have dominion and multiply. It seems man only obeyed the aspect of dominion (environmental resources exploitation) and multiplication (population growth). Man has failed to tend (manage/conserve/protect) the earth (environment) which has brought various calamities (global warming, sea level rise, whole city submergence with flood water, ecosystem damage, varying levels of soil, air, water and biota pollution, diseases and extinction).
In order to prevent these calamities, moderation is the key virtue that needs to be practiced. Most religions and free thinkers highly uphold moderation.
We all need to be moderate in the way we exploit environmental resources. The needs of the future generations yet unborn should not be shortchanged due to the greed of today. We should also exploit environmental resources in an environmentally friendly manner (Gas flaring should be stopped in the Niger Delta, iRivers in the southwest should stop being loaded with untreated effluents, Deforestation should be discouraged in the north because of the ongoing challenge of desertification, drainages in the east should stop being blocked with solid wastes in order to combat the challenge of gully erosion.
In an attempt to conquer everything, in a total delirium of being the most supreme creation of nature, man has totally destroyed, what was a boon! I think conquering is a negative act which man can never achieve and if he is successful, he will be wiped out from the face of earth! So man cannot conquer environment but can only be sensitive towards it and maintain a harmony with it!
Dear Colleagues, Good Day,
"Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans."
----- Evo Morales
Can a child conquer her mother？The fact that a child may be mightier in physical strength does not in anyway suggest that s/he demonstrates any negative behavior toward the mother. It would be an act of disrespect to the mother. This action warrants untold hardship, evil and pain on such a child. The mother’s silence and grief would breed misfortunes on the child.
Likewise, foolish humans （children）whose actions demonstrate disrespect （through unhealthy environmental activities）toward the environment （their mother）ends up kissing misfortunes and clothing themselves in the tattered cloth of pain （earthquakes, hurricanes, global warming, climate change, and its allied negative health implications）. A respect and humility to our mother shown by our keen resolve to live in harmony with nature, is a sure path for our personal development and societal progression.
Dickson Adom
In organizations, there are two kinds of environment: internal (strengths and weaknesses of the organization, and external (opportunities and threats to the organization). Management can control the internal environment better than the external environment.
I fully agree with Tatsuo's opinion particularly with his phrase "Humans should live in harmony with the environment" because this is very beautiful and says everything. The philosophy behind this statement is "Deep Ecology" by Arne Næss. See: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_Deep_Ecology_be_considered_a_philosophical_basis_for_environmental_conservationism?
Before offering judgment on this topic I would first parameterize the objective of "conquering". This objective is extremely ambiguous in terms of its evaluation.
Human beings are very very very tiny objects with reference to the environment that surrounds them....we humans only KNOW to exploit the environment for our benefits....and thus think that we owe it and we can conquer rather conquered it.....
Environment Can not be conquered by humans not only now but any time in future also.
Dear Colleagues, Good Day,
"We are built to conquer environment, solve problems, achieve goals, and we find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve."
---- Maxwell Maltz
Man must collaborate with Natura. Most of current human problems derived by the destruction of natural buffer systems. Geoengineering as a solution has high costs and favors only industrial groups based on selfishness and overwhelming. Even from the social point of view we need collaborative and non-competitive societies. Liberism transforms everything into dead money.
Your question is two-fold in nature. Human being does not need to conquer his/her environment as long as the activities in such environment satisfy him. That is why the answer to you question is subjective. However, there are different discussions and scholarly publications on the influence of environment on humans. Let me quickly remind us of two old terms-Environmental Determinism and Environmental Possibilism. When a man allows his environment to determine his success or failure, that is determinism. Meanwhile, it is possible for a man to make his environment what he wants, that is environmental possibilism. It is very possible to blame people for what we do not have or what we cannot do, this is not tenable. There are possibilities everywhere. So it depends on individuals! Essentially, though it may be a long process, yet, a man can conquer his environment not regarding all the environmental limiting factors.
Dear Colleagues, Good Day,
"Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment, establishing himself lord of the earth, and laying the foundations of civilization."
------ Maria Montessori
It is tragedy that human desires to conquer environment in spite of being a part of it. At actual, individuals in the human society does not want to conquer, but exploit the natural and societal resources. Human is selfish and greedy, and therefore short-sighted. It is not ruler genetically which preserves its territory.
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