Heard John Seed on Radio National tonight talking about deep ecology and our place on the earth. His words were inspiring because he is so clear about unclear things, and makes the point that we can't answer the big questions - it is all hanging in the balance. It is certainly going to be the end of the world as we know it, and possibly the end of we humans. But he makes the point that miracles occur all the time (and gave examples), so anything is possible. The idea is not to be inactive once we find our 'eco spirituality' but to develop our own way of responding to the needs of the planet, which has the disease called humans (as per a cartoon by Lewis pictured). These are my words and probably an incorrect interpretation of what he was saying. I would have to go to a deep ecology workshop to find out more about this style of thinking or rather feeling. He talked about Joanna Macy who is another interesting figure in the deep ecology movement.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
John Seed interview
Heard John Seed on Radio National tonight talking about deep ecology and our place on the earth. His words were inspiring because he is so clear about unclear things, and makes the point that we can't answer the big questions - it is all hanging in the balance. It is certainly going to be the end of the world as we know it, and possibly the end of we humans. But he makes the point that miracles occur all the time (and gave examples), so anything is possible. The idea is not to be inactive once we find our 'eco spirituality' but to develop our own way of responding to the needs of the planet, which has the disease called humans (as per a cartoon by Lewis pictured). These are my words and probably an incorrect interpretation of what he was saying. I would have to go to a deep ecology workshop to find out more about this style of thinking or rather feeling. He talked about Joanna Macy who is another interesting figure in the deep ecology movement.
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Kia ora Andrea,
This looks most interesting. I read a quote by the pope stating that too many people are placing Nature above any individual person and this neo-paganism is basically a sin. Guess I am a sinner. Kia kaha.
Cheers,
Robb
Guess I am a sinner too if placing Nature above any individual person is a sin. More and more I feel the pain of animals and plants when we destroy them. We are very good at destroying to build and everything that is designed in my city today is fake environment (nicely planted trees and landscaping) that comes under the term 'village' etc and pretends to be creating something we long ago lost, yearn for and can never regain. We are overworked or overwork ourselves in the industrial system and our lives move faster than our natural biorhythms can cope with (my opinion only). Slowing down is the way to happiness but who has time or inclination? Marx's son-in-law Paul Lafargue talked about over production in his article 'The right to be lazy' in 1883!
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