relationship with nature
how humanity interacts with nature in both positive and negative ways, more philosophical than the 'climate/sustainability' tag
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relationship with nature
Any national approach to rebuilding the imagination must take access to nature seriously, and must also recognise the power of bringing more nature to where people live, to a ‘rewilding’ of our towns, cities and neighbourhoods.
Rob Hopkins • From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want
Language can be a gift, and language can be a tool of colonialism.... See more
The western point of view, the dominant materialist worldview, holds that land is the source of ecosystem services, land as property, as capital, as natural resources. Sustainability defined as how we can continue to use and to take. Whereas the indigenous perspective honors land a
Olivia Vagelos • We Are Not the Only "Who"
In designing experiences, the cornerstone with which we start is the “who.” Who is this for? Who are they? What do they need? Where are they coming from? Where do we hope to take them? What are they nervous about? How might we care for them? How might we be generous with them, and help them be generous with others?
But, for the most part, we think ... See more
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We are not the only "who"
a feeling of connection to things larger than ourselves.
Most important of all, perhaps, during rituals we have the experience, unique in our culture, of neither opposing nature or trying to be in communion with nature; but of finding ourselves within nature, and that is the key to sustainable culture.
Dolores LaChapelle • Ritual is Essential
If we are to truly re-connect with the land, we need to change our perceptions and approach more than our location. As long as we limit ourselves to rationality and its limited sense of "practicality," we will be disconnected from the "deep ecology" of our place.
Dolores LaChapelle • Ritual is Essential
We have tried to relate to the world around us through only the left side of our brain, and we are clearly failing. If we are to re-establish a viable relationship, we will need to rediscover the wisdom of these other cultures who knew that their relationship to the land and to the natural world required the whole of their being.