Every day it feels like a struggle to gain the ear of anyone who opposes changing just one thing about their lifestyle for the betterment of the planet and one another. Thank you for sharing hope.
I have a friendly suggestion for Green Box. Please stop talking about 'nature' as something apart from us. We are, literally, a part of Nature, each of us, at any given moment composed of microbes from the bottom of the Pacific, water droplets expelled by someone 1000 years ago, tiny specks of 400-year-old pine needles......... The present verbiage I see in your articles reeks of hubris, and we, as a species, can ill-afford such arrogance.
Hi John, completely agree and this perspective that we share was a big reason for starting Green Box. I touched on it in GB#1, writing 'we remain animals, with cultures made of animals and societies sustained by them'.
Unfortunately, our societies have not yet internalised our indivisibility from the rest of the biosphere, which does lead to arrogance and disastrous consequences.
I think cultural analysis exploring why is worthwhile. GB#1 considers some of the differing views: from indigenous Americans who saw humans as part of the whole to Christian thought which largely separated us from it. Likewise above, my celebration of 'Wild Fell' is about a holistic view of conservation being enacted in a landscape. And my critique of 'The Last Keeper' documentary is essentially that it pits humans vs. 'nature' - a conflict which I believe to be a construct and unhelpful for creating a more sustainable world.
Every day it feels like a struggle to gain the ear of anyone who opposes changing just one thing about their lifestyle for the betterment of the planet and one another. Thank you for sharing hope.
Thanks Stacy 🙏 great to have you here :)
Wild Fell sounds great. Looking forward to reading it.
Thanks, let us know what you think :)
Will do.
I have a friendly suggestion for Green Box. Please stop talking about 'nature' as something apart from us. We are, literally, a part of Nature, each of us, at any given moment composed of microbes from the bottom of the Pacific, water droplets expelled by someone 1000 years ago, tiny specks of 400-year-old pine needles......... The present verbiage I see in your articles reeks of hubris, and we, as a species, can ill-afford such arrogance.
Hi John, completely agree and this perspective that we share was a big reason for starting Green Box. I touched on it in GB#1, writing 'we remain animals, with cultures made of animals and societies sustained by them'.
Unfortunately, our societies have not yet internalised our indivisibility from the rest of the biosphere, which does lead to arrogance and disastrous consequences.
I think cultural analysis exploring why is worthwhile. GB#1 considers some of the differing views: from indigenous Americans who saw humans as part of the whole to Christian thought which largely separated us from it. Likewise above, my celebration of 'Wild Fell' is about a holistic view of conservation being enacted in a landscape. And my critique of 'The Last Keeper' documentary is essentially that it pits humans vs. 'nature' - a conflict which I believe to be a construct and unhelpful for creating a more sustainable world.