A New Way of Seeing the World: Protecting the rights of nature depends on understanding the commons

[marmar]

from OnTheCommons.org:



A New Way of Seeing the World
Protecting the rights of nature depends on understanding the commons

By Jay Walljasper


Saving the Earth will take more than merely adjusting our actions—polluting less here, conserving more there, moving toward sustainability within the confines of today’s prevailing worldview.

To really declare our commitment to protecting the rights of nature, we must change how we think about the world itself and our place within it. This means taking a fresh look at nature, learning from its amazing rhythms, patterns and interconnections. And it means opening our selves up to new possibilities for how humans work together to survive, thrive and ensure good lives for coming generations.

A shift of this importance will not happen easily. It requires a fundamental reorganizing of our industrial, hierarchical, technocratic, economic-centric culture. And it will be ferociously opposed by those who reap fat profits from the way things are.

Yet we must remember that modern existence—which is so deeply instilled in many people’s minds that they can’t imagine living any other way—actually serves only a tiny sliver of the planet’s inhabitants. Certainly not plants and animals, nor people living in the global south, nor the poor and most of the middle-class in the overdeveloped world, nor people who love nature, nor those seeking meaning in their lives beyond buying and selling. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://onthecommons.org/new-way-seeing-world

[xchrom]

1. Recommend

[ladjf]

2. Too many dumb people. nt

[Uncle Joe]

3. Kicked and recommended

Thanks for the thread, marmar.

[femrap]

4. Mother Nature is about the

only entity that provides me with peace and clarity.