More Themes within Turtle Island

For this homework assignment, I read "The Way West, Underground," "I Went Into the Maverick Bar," and "Pine Tree Tops." These poems are all centralized around themes of ecological consciousness and environmental activism. Snyder emphasizes the importance of knowing the surrounding environment and  the affect being made on it by everyday behaviors and decisions. There is a lack of bioregional literacy within the world. A large portion of the population is unaware of the impact they have on the planet. Snyder suggests that in "Pine Tree Tops" in the last line by asking the question "What do we know?" He also stresses the importance of taking measures to conserve the resources that are available.