Everything is natural

In a simplified way, we think that ‘natural’ (without human intervention or technology) is opposed to ‘artificial’ (produced by humans). This divide may be misleading and dangerous. We are, like it or not, a product and part of Nature. Hence, what we produce is also a product and part of Nature. Currently, our actions are not sustainable, because they push the current natural system, of which we are just a minor part, out of balance. Being all linked, systems-biological feedback, provided by ‘Nature’, will act on our planet (and us). We can, and do, act on our global system, but we cannot be separated from it. Whatever we do is natural, and we cannot stop Nature from acting on us.