[Red in Blue PA]

He said the current 'division' between man and nature had been caused not just by industrialisation, but also by our attitude to the environment

Please show me a single example of people in the mideast protesting for the environment!

Why doesn't anyone stand up and scream Bullsh&^!

[goodnesswins]

YEAH...wouldn’t THAT be GREAT.....it would start a MAJOR move toward sanity....if someone respected in the MAJOR PRESS would do that.

[Oztrich Boy]

[muawiyah]

Since the Middle East is essentially dry country and most agriculture there depends on irrigation (which led to some of Earth's earliest and most totalitarian "hydraulic kingdoms") there's little contact between human beings and true wilderness ~ all the plants are planted and tended by humans.

Add to that the fact that the overwhelming majority of ME people live in towns or other urban centers, I really think you have to re-read the parts of the Koran that you think discuss the links between humans and nature.

In the ME there is no nature without man!