Whether you describe it as the butterfly effect, the domino effect, a chain reaction, or simply fate, we have an impact on the environments we encounter. Each decision we make will affect action in some manner, which will affect another, and so on. Are these actions ultimately positive or negative? Is it meant to happen or are we interfering with environmental evolution?

This year, we've decide to Test Your Nature Ethic in our own version of what would you do? There are no right, or wrong answers of course--we just hope to challenge your perspective and encourage discussion on related scenarios that will test your ethical nature.

What would make this even more engaging is if we could offer situations that are based on YOUR experiences! So we would love to hear from you if you wish to contribute a thoughtful topic.

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Now, what would you do...

Submitted by Caliso friend, Laura H. (italicized):

You are enjoying the wildflowers and notice some kids playing with a rattlesnake ...  what would you do?

What would you do they were young adults harassing a rattlesnake?

What would you do if kids were handling a dead rattlesnake?

We came across this blog entry and it made us think...

"In recent years, awareness about global climate change and other environmental issues has increased considerably. Environmental activists who were once ridiculed are now accepted and even praised. According to Geophysicists Eshel and Martin from the University of Chicago "where the environment is concerned, eating meat is like driving a huge SUV...Eating a vegetarian diet is like driving a mid-sized car. And eating a vegan diet (no dairy, no eggs) is like riding a bicycle or walking." Shifting away from SUV-style diets to much more energy-efficient alternatives, is key to fighting the warming trend.…"

As casual meat eaters ourselves, we wondered, can you be an environmentalist and still eat meat?

It is spring, and you are exploring a desert wildflower field, taking in the bounty of blossoms. You begin noticing tortoise tracks around and amble along the path of one set of tracks when you come across a male desert tortoise that is flipped over, struggling to right itself.  What would you do?