Respect for the Earth = Self Respect Earth Day 2020
There is no such thing as reality and virtual reality. There is no such thing as biomimicry. Our experience in any way, shape or form is our reality. We are part of nature. Everything is alive. Everything impacts everything.
Micro-shifts cause macro-impact.
It is my wish today that you take time to breathe, pause, and experience how important you are in our collective living system. Margaret Atwood's The Moment is such a poignant reminder.
There are two articles in particular that I think are the most important for you to read.
From Ego System to Ecosystem Awareness The time has come for us to better honor the fact that we are part of nature and our belief systems impact not only the way we treat ourselves and others, but the way we treat our resources and the Earth. I have never seen a more elegant integral model than Otto Scharmer’s “Theory U."
David Bollier: Re-imaging Value: Insights from the Care Economy, Commons, Cyberspace & Nature. Even before the pandemic, people from all around the world are thinking about value, and money in much more regenerative ways. We need to be thinking about a post cash economy and learn more about new currencies. What does this have to do with Earth Day? What we value and how currency (which is different from money) works are at the epicenter of fundamental survival at least and thrivability at best.
You will know me by my links - so below are my traditional 10 intended to provide context and content for an existential view of all that we have to learn from nature.
The Need for Biological Thinking to Solve Complex Problems
From Ego System to Ecosystem Awareness
The Business Case for Spending More Time in Nature
May we more intentionally observe and mindfully conserve as we utilize our natural resources,
In the rigor,