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Nature Is Not a Machine—We Treat It So at Our Peril

August 16, 2021August 3, 2021 by Jeremy Lent

From genetic engineering to geoengineering, we treat nature as though it’s a machine. This view of nature is deeply embedded in Western thought, but it’s a fundamental misconception with potentially disastrous consequences.

Categories Environment, Society Tags aliveness, disconnection from nature, human supremacy, mechanistic viewpoint Leave a comment

Living Perenniality: Excerpt

July 26, 2021July 22, 2021 by Craig Holdrege

I describe this dialogic endeavor here as “living perenniality.” I see in it the beginnings of a radical transformation of consciousness that has the potential to let the wisdom of the living world increasingly inform human endeavors.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Editor’s picks, Environment, Society Tags aliveness, annual grains, connection to nature, indigenous lifeways, perennial agriculture Leave a comment

Andreas Weber on Aliveness and Interdependence

March 3, 2021 by David Bollier

If I may crudely summarize Andreas’ thinking in a sentence or two:  relationality, aliveness, subjectivity, and wholeness are central to the functioning of healthy living systems.

Categories Act: Inspiration, Economy, Economy featured, Environment Tags aliveness, connection with nature, new economy, political economy, The Biology of Wonder Leave a comment

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