We get a lot of enjoyment by planting trees and other natives, and by digging "mosquito pits":) Our generation seems to have forgotten how the generations before us pushed back nature to survive. We are now to the point that natural habitats are getting pretty rare, so the pendulum swings back (just like the cycles in "nature"). I find the science so interesting that I do not find the need to personify nature. My opinion seems to have prompted sprkplug's comment above:)