Katie G. 12/12 The Human Use of The Earth

The Human Use of The Earth written by Philip Wagner is a book that I picked up in the Trible Library early November when I started thinking about what i wanted to write about in my essay. I decided early on that I wanted to talk about the movie Avatar that came out a couple years ago in all the major movie theaters! It was an absolute hit, and incredibly done. I decided to do outside research on how humans use the Earth, the Ecology of Eden obviously has been a huge benefit in my research for this paper and I have enjoyed very much learning and listening to my classmates presentations on their chosen chapters of the Ecology of Eden.
Concerning Wagner's text, The Human Use of the Earth,  is a complex examination of the interaction between man and the physical environment.
Through out the discussion of Ecology of Eden and asking myself over and over again, "Is it possible to return to Eden?" After reading through Wagner's text I believe I can answer with a confident, no. In chapter five of his text, titled Artificial Environments, Wagner says "The essentially social character of work, together with man's comparatively large body size and peculiar feeding habits, make it virtually impossible for any human group, of whatever size, to subsist permanently and exclusively on the natural products of any single place (119, Wagner)."  This quote taken directly from Wagner's text, although complex, gets to the point of the question that we has a class have been asking ourselves all semester; Can we as human beings on Earth today, in her current state, ever return to Eden, or in my words, Ultimate Paradise? Wagner practically answers this question. No! Humans have become far to socially evolved in our way of work, feeding habits and other ways to return to a single place of Ultimate Paradise.