Alex Johnson's How To Queer Ecology: One Goose At A Time

Alex Johnson wrote a short story “How to Queer Ecology: One Goose at a Time” that revolved around the idea of human and nature. Spoke about how the two are connected where sexuality, culture and science are part of the seven steps to queer ecology. Johnson asked questions such as “Where is the line between what is Nature and what is Human? Do I spend equal times in the parking lot and the forest? Can I really say the parking lot is separate from the forest? What if I end up staying in the parking lot the whole time? What if it has been a long drive and I really have to pee?” allowing the readers to not only consume information but cross-examine what the readers have read. Before reading the short story I always believe there was a slight line

between nature and humans. Though science has shown humans tend to depend on nature and we deal with it on a daily basis few people consider a connection with science and human.
Humans come in contact with nature when walking outside or simply driving but each person has a different kind of connection with nature. For example, there’s people who can’t stand the throughput of being outside and so they isolate themselves and spend more time apart from nature. Then there’s people who love fresh are and the sight of trees, plants and animals. The question about ending up staying in the parking makes me consider technology in which absorbs human mind in which we get lost in time. Moments of staring at the television, phone, and or computer times continues to move yet the human body is still in the same exact position. A long drive and having to really pee refers to finally taking a stab at exposing yourself to nature, the human body is finally removing its self from the vehicle and though it has to pee its seeing the bigger picture. Began to experience the things that shapes nature such as animals, trees, and water which you wouldn’t perceive unless you became aware.