Ethical insect catchers: do they really work? Come on, admit it. Who hasn’t, on clocking a spider crawling along the back of the sofa, reached for a rolled up newspaper or can of Doom to dispatch the offending bug? It’s tough on the creepie crawlies but hey, that’s life, right? But according to Helen Wallis of the London Wildlife Trust, hardened bug bashers could be missing a trick. ‘Human survival depends on the army of insects that pollinate our food crops,’ she says. Is There an Ecological Unconscious? 10 Environmental Ideas That Are Actually Interesting - Alexis Madrigal - Technology.
Here's the problem with traditional environmentalism: it's boring.
That's not to say environmental protection is not worthwhile. It is. It's just also boring. Recycling is boring. Not building coal power plants is boring. Watch the Full Documentary Film John Muir in the New World.