Nature is a short-term Darwinian profiteer
Via ChaordicEdge I found Richard Dawkins website (the author of The Selfish Gene which I have mentioned in passing earlier) where a bunch of his writings are available online. The first to catch my attention was an open letter (in the Guardian) to Prince Charles.
It may sound paradoxical, but if we want to sustain the planet into the future, the first thing we must do is stop taking advice from nature. Nature is a short-term Darwinian profiteer.