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The Ecosystem Hypothesis
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Essential because this is literally what we are as humans — ecosystems are our essence. Animating because the ecosystems that comprise us and contain us are literally what gives us life. Actionable because this is a recontextualization of all of our action inside a new paradigm — and because context / framing is decisive.
Medium • Humanity, the Ecosystem
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As an answer to this question, I propose this: We are discovering and awakening into an essential, animating, actionable awareness of ourselves as participants in ecosystems.
Medium • Humanity, the Ecosystem
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Understanding Living Systems
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In the fractal design of an ecosystem, health arises not through homogeneity, but through each organism contributing to the whole by fulfilling its own unique potential.
Jeremy Lent • What Does An Ecological Civilization Look Like?
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The key point to understand about ecosystems is that they are systems. The different parts don’t exist in isolation; they interact and interconnect in myriad ways. If we intervene in them, we can’t expect the outcomes to be predictable. We need to look at them as a whole and respect that it’s sometimes better to leave them alone than to try improvi
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All life on Earth is an ecosystem, and it could be an ecosystem of generosity, a virtuous circle. If we improve things at any point we improve them at all points. That is what this movement and this moment are really about.