Bioregioning đ
Finally, a brief comment about how Indigenous peoples understand boundaries and their practices of boundary making. This is such a complex question, that I only make some tentative remarks. One could re-read exemplary ethnographies of the past in this light. It is important to dispel, as you suggest, the romantic idea that all Indigenous peoples... See more
âWe must choose between narrativesâ - Future Observatory Journal
Material and bio-regional transformation
We are therefore stumbling, unknowingly, into a material revolution. The most forward-looking clothing companies no longer âsellâ garments; they assume custodianship, inviting the wearer into a public-trust relationship with fibres that must be stewarded, not discarded.
The same logic scales to buildings,... See more
We are therefore stumbling, unknowingly, into a material revolution. The most forward-looking clothing companies no longer âsellâ garments; they assume custodianship, inviting the wearer into a public-trust relationship with fibres that must be stewarded, not discarded.
The same logic scales to buildings,... See more
Indy Johar ⢠We Have FailedâNow Letâs Get Serious
Mobilising BWL co-funding.docx
docs.google.com
âSelfishness beats altruism within groups. Altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Everything else is commentary.â
âEdward O. Wilson
What it takes to grab the biggest slice of the pie is different than what it takes to make the biggest pie. This is, quite literally, the fundamental problem of human social life, and it is just as true for an individual in a team as it is for a nation-state arguing that it should be allowed to release more carbon than other nations.
We need to construct conditions in which altruism can thrive.
What's in it for me â What's in it for us? Eco-system!
The three Cs of human distinctiveness:
Cooperation. First, we easily cooperate with others who are genetically unrelated to us and are by far the most cooperative primate.
Cognition. Second, our cognition is different, especially our capacity for symbolic thought and relational learning.
Culture. And, third, we culturally transmit more learned behavioral information across generations than other species.
Bio-cultural restoration:
Place: where we are
Culture: who we are
Economy: what we do