Indigenous communities across Canada share, each in their own language (in Mi'kmaq, for example, "Msit No’kmaq"), a central conception: "all my relations". This resonates deeply with "Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I find an intimate place in their midst. Therefore, that which fills the universe I regard as my body and that which directs the universe I consider as my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters, and all things are my companions." This also relates with the core buddhist notion of "interbeing" (Thich Nhat Hanh's term for pratitya samutpada), and with the Southern African one of "ubuntu". These all seem to be a stabilizing keel for ecological civilizations across the globe.
It surely seems the West is losing the dominant position it's had over the world the past 500 years. Maybe that's the path towards a more holistic approach to existence. I'm wondering if a powerful China will be just as dominant or will allow for diverse worldviews to flourish. As someone who knows little to nothing about China, it's a question I can only ask, but I can in no way attempt to answer it.
The article does leave room for some optimism; however, one particularly worrying thing caught my attention:
"Clearly contradictions abound between pursuing economic growth while environmental issues continue to multiply."
I completely agree with that. Pursuing infinite economic growth is contradictory with a flourishing environment, and therefore society. China has been the motor of world economic growth for the past decades. Is the Chinese government willing to abandon the growth paradigm? If not, any optimism sparked by the article quickly fizzles out.
What about the revival of Dire Wolf. If they can bring species back to life then we loses our argument that the current mechanistic science and capitalism destroyed nature overall and species in particular.
That's an interesting question. Reading comments from from the scientists.ivooved, I was struck by their - can't quite think of the right word, but maybe _reverential_ attitude, which was a far cry from the Frankensteinian aura that genetic engineering has. The problem is not science but a particular kind of reductionism that infected science.
So much gratitude for your clear vision and decades of service. I'm left wondering, however, if there are any Western political leaders who you have been working with?
Love the vision. China is amazing leader. But at what point does an ecological civilization clash with a surveillance society? Nature runs on freedom; governments don’t.
Indigenous communities across Canada share, each in their own language (in Mi'kmaq, for example, "Msit No’kmaq"), a central conception: "all my relations". This resonates deeply with "Heaven is my father and Earth is my mother, and even such a small creature as I find an intimate place in their midst. Therefore, that which fills the universe I regard as my body and that which directs the universe I consider as my nature. All people are my brothers and sisters, and all things are my companions." This also relates with the core buddhist notion of "interbeing" (Thich Nhat Hanh's term for pratitya samutpada), and with the Southern African one of "ubuntu". These all seem to be a stabilizing keel for ecological civilizations across the globe.
It surely seems the West is losing the dominant position it's had over the world the past 500 years. Maybe that's the path towards a more holistic approach to existence. I'm wondering if a powerful China will be just as dominant or will allow for diverse worldviews to flourish. As someone who knows little to nothing about China, it's a question I can only ask, but I can in no way attempt to answer it.
The article does leave room for some optimism; however, one particularly worrying thing caught my attention:
"Clearly contradictions abound between pursuing economic growth while environmental issues continue to multiply."
I completely agree with that. Pursuing infinite economic growth is contradictory with a flourishing environment, and therefore society. China has been the motor of world economic growth for the past decades. Is the Chinese government willing to abandon the growth paradigm? If not, any optimism sparked by the article quickly fizzles out.
Do you know if the concepts of permaculture are known in China ? I mean the ethics and principles, not just the practices.
What about the revival of Dire Wolf. If they can bring species back to life then we loses our argument that the current mechanistic science and capitalism destroyed nature overall and species in particular.
That's an interesting question. Reading comments from from the scientists.ivooved, I was struck by their - can't quite think of the right word, but maybe _reverential_ attitude, which was a far cry from the Frankensteinian aura that genetic engineering has. The problem is not science but a particular kind of reductionism that infected science.
So much gratitude for your clear vision and decades of service. I'm left wondering, however, if there are any Western political leaders who you have been working with?
Love the vision. China is amazing leader. But at what point does an ecological civilization clash with a surveillance society? Nature runs on freedom; governments don’t.