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Saving the planet by politely asking humans to want less, slower.
means The careful protection and wise use of natural resources, ecosystems, and wildlife so they survive for the future.
from From Latin conservare — 'to keep, preserve' — built from com- (intensifying prefix) plus servare, 'to keep watch over, guard.' The same servare gives us 'observe' and 'reserve,' all carrying that root sense of vigilant keeping. English picked up 'conservation' for general preservation centuries ago, but it narrowed toward nature and resources as the modern environmental movement took shape, turning an old Latin word for guarding things into a creed for guarding the planet.
- early champion
- Theodore Roosevelt protected 230 million acres as president
- not preservation
- conservation allows managed use, preservation locks nature away
- first law
- Yellowstone became the first national park in 1872
- irony
- many conservation icons were also avid big-game hunters