Category: Ecology
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Nature is Self-Organizing
When driven into far-from-equilibrium conditions, systems do not just break down, they generate new structures that pull higher forms of order out of the surrounding chaos. It is as if nature reaches into herself and draws forth structures that reflect the inherent potential of the system for higher orders of self-organization. Duane Elgin, Systems theorist,…
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Art
Nature’s Interpreter The beautiful is a manifestation of the secret laws of nature… When nature begins to reveal her open secret to a person, he feels an irresistible longing for her most worthy interpreter, art. Johann Wolfgang Goethe, German poet, scientist, novelist, statesman, playwright
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The Measure of Civilization
I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. Sun Bear, Chippewa Tribe, Native American
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Planetary Stewardship
We must move beyond democracy to biocracy, beyond loyalty to our own tribe to a view of ourselves as citizens of planet Earth… We must begin to see ourselves as interrelated and interdependent with the animate and inanimate elements of our planet and begin to follow earth’s house rules of limited use, recycling, and long-term…
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Variety Promotes Stability
Evolution protects what is stable and works well, yet is open to change when instabilities arise, using change to create both new unity and new variety — that gives nature the resilience to survive disasters. It is Gaian wisdom to balance variety and use it creatively in forming highly stable ecosystems. The greater the variety…
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Communication and Ecology
The universe consists of acts of communication… This sacred communion, this being-sharing of all the systems and systems of systems of which the cosmos is composed, is what we mean by ecology. It is the ecology that undergoes evolution and complexification and increasing consciousness… ecology is, in fact, the name of the whole game. It…
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The Love of Farming
Why do farmers farm, given their economic adversities on top of the many frustrations and difficulties normal to farming? And always the answer is: Love. They must do it for love. Farmers farm for the love of farming. They love to watch and nurture the growth of plants. They love to live in the presence…
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Seeing Nature as Sacred
The revolution is love. It isn’t about more cleverly valuing and utilizing nature. It is about genuine respect for nature, which can come only by seeing it as a being in all fullness, and holding it sacred. Charles Eisenstein, American public speakerAuthor, Climate: A new story
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