We are a product of this 'natural world'. I call it the 'LA-cancer' with polluted air, polluted water, excess sewage, social pathology and a culture supersaturated with cars. This 'LA-cancer' is metastasizing north. Our GNP looks great. Our prosperity couldn't be better.
Unemployment is way down and everyone is making big bucks.
My elder advice is to enjoy it while it lasts as it just can not continue much longer. It is the reason for the big recent demonstrations in Seattle and Washington. They clean the air, recharge groundwater supplies, purify water that flows through them, control floods and are nurseries for the seas. During this decade of incredible prosperity we have squandered the time during which we could have started the transition to some other sort of energy future. Corporations tell us we 'need' bigger, more luxurious cars to clog our culture.