The difference between cultural patromony and natural patrimony is it stiil viable? 

 

Nowadays, because the environmental question is it still possible to differentiate cultural heritage and natural heritage? These two notions, while seeming extremely different are actually closely intertwined.

First of all, the notion of “heritage” means “valued objects and qualities such as historic buildings and cultural traditions that have been passed down from previous generations”. This definition already sets a series of questions if we consider the actual context. Will natural heritage still have the same definition in fifty years?

Moreover, those two notions hide another crucial notion: the landscape, given that it provides a meeting point for Nature and human construction and creations.

Furthermore, it would be interesting to analyze if the preservation of one does not affect the other, more often the cultural affects the natural. Cultural sites are situated within a natural heritage, taken care of thanks to visitors. The example of the Niagara Falls is a good starting point to think about this question. What would happen if these two notions became more and more close and intertwined?

Finally, isn’t landscape part of a heritage?  The components of Nature, aren’t they cultural monuments? 

 

 

How can culture, transform tommorow's attitude? 

 

Nowadays, more and more people feel concerned by global warming. However, the general feeling is that as an individual it is hard if not impossible to really have an impact on the environment; there is therefore a tendency to reject responsibility and hand it to bigger polluting entities.

It seems our perception of pollution is to be reviewed individually in the sense that we do not realize the impact of our aggregated pollution. Our reasoning is applied to pollution quantities in units rather than as a whole. Of course, there are alarming reports, whose aim is to raise awareness but do we really measure the effects of our actions? When one is told to buy a new car, less polluting, to start renovating his house because if the temperature raises of just 2°C, islands will be submerged by waters, will he feel concerned and act?

This table’s question proposes an interrogation on the possibilities for a real change of attitude to occur at an individual scale.

 

 

Is culture a tool that can be used in favour of the climate?