The Laws of Nature

by Glenn C. Koenig, webmaster at Town Wide Mall

Maynard, MA - A new series of articles has been introduced by Sarah Measures on the Green Maynard Web site blog page, called “Maynard Biodiversity.”  The first one has just been published and is available here:
https://www.greenmaynard.org/post/maynard-biodiversity-matters-post-1

The focus of the series is how a diversity of plants, animals, and other life enhances the health of an ecosystem.  Focused on Maynard, specifically, the series poses a number of questions, such as, “How do citizens of Maynard think about biodiversity, and what steps are they taking to foster it?”

Ms. Measures plans to add new articles on an occasional basis and invites readers to check the blog page on the Green Maynard web site from time to time to view new articles as she publishes them:
https://www.greenmaynard.org/blog

(Note:  Green Maynard is a citizen group in Maynard, dedicated to living in harmony with nature, as much as possible.)

Comment

Ultimately, the health of we humans depends on the health of the ecosystem which surrounds us, and on which our very lives depend.

Human agriculture looks organized, with rows of plants carefully planted and later harvested. These plants are favored while, traditionally, on many farms, others have been rooted out or killed with chemicals.

Nature works by a different principle, which to us may appear as disorganization, or even chaos.  Of course, if you look very deeply, there is a kind of sense to it all, as various species cooperate and compete with each other.

But somewhere between the order of agriculture and the disorder of nature, there are the gardeners.  They nurture some species on purpose by planting, fertilizing, watering, or inviting insects to thrive.  But they aim kill nothing, except to remove an excess of an invasive species on occasion.  (In that role, the gardener acts as a substitute predator for what is otherwise missing - the animal or insect that might munch away on the invasive plant in it’s original ecosystem.)

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