As we are overwhelmed by the choice of life we must be informed by what we have absorbed from nature. Thier are countless choices for entertainment and avenues for research and discovery. Yet the culture of the young gets more narrow. They are corralled to the consumables of fashion, low quality foods and a never ending stream of jumbled media. Only by finding the real pace of life tied to the seasons and cycles, learning to care for life thru gardening, and restoration, and working thru the skills that have reliable supplied humans with our needs do we have a chance at correcting the imbalances we and our world face. Nature is the well spring of both aesthetics and ethics. Thru some means we have the ability to observe and plan for the future. What good are these skills if we are unwilling to learn from our true teachers the soil, the weather, the stones in the earth, and the life that shares this earth with us.