Viral DNA, Symbiosis and Being Nature Positive

We can all agree that humans must live in a “nature positive” way in order to continue to live well on this rare of all planets, one that sustains life. To assert the opposite, and deliberately live in a “nature negative” way, is to invite ecocide on a massive scale. We can also all agree …

Eutopia* and Euthanasia** for Boomers

"There are many more elements to the Symbiocene hierarchy, however, I consider the development of the detail of all this work in applying the Symbiocene principles ... to be the task of those with the necessary specific skills and capabilities. Many of the people with these skills are Baby Boomers, and it is my hope …

Negative and Positive Earth Emotions

The Psychoterratic (Earth Emotions) Typology. See the Earth Emotions Glossary for more information about terms created by Glenn Albrecht.

Buckslip: The limits of my language mean the limits of my world: a new lexicon for a troubled planet.

https://buckslip.email/post/the-limits-of-my-language-mean-the-limits-of-my-world-glenn-albrecht/

Covid-19 and Capit-22: Going Viral.

A building at Paris International Airport, Corona architecture. Image by author. Humans have always contemplated the importance of the invisible in nature. To account for the invisible influences of the Earth and its cosmos, humans have invented ‘forces’ to explain their impacts. Spirit forces, even God(s) might be human inventions to help us understand the …

Meuacide: the extinction of emotions

Meuacide is defined as the extinction of emotions: (From meuə– an Indo-European root for words such as remove, motion and emotion plus cide, meaning to kill). Caused by forces that, for example, destroy psychological, cultural and biophysical diversity. As rich and diverse emotional connections to place and home at all scales are erased they are replaced with …

Eco- the spray-on solution to almost everything and … nothing.

"In many respects, especially for Indigenous people, the scientifically derived terms “ecology,” “ecological,” and “ecosystem” also fail to capture the emotional and cultural dimensions of the human relationship to land. They are useful terms in systems science but not so relevant to the expression of human emotions. Ecosystems are abstractions, as it is impossible to …

Topoaversion

From Earth Emotions: "Topoaversion" is a conceptual response to the feeling that you do not wish to return to a place that you once loved and enjoyed, when you know that it has been irrevocably changed for the worse.[1] It is not "topophobia", where you have fear of a place that might prevent you from …

Eco-evil

First posted Sunday, 12 January 2014 on HealthEarth. Eco-evil I can think of an ethical issue that involves the very possibility of a good life for millions of babies and young people worldwide. It is also an issue that causes misery and death right now to thousands of young people worldwide. This issue is getting …

Our Prime Minister/President Hates His/Her Own Children

It seems that most of the current crop of politicians in the world could not give a crap for their own children to flourish. They could not even give a fart for their grandchildren to be secure. Is this lack of care for the future a new human pathological norm? Or is it temporary insanity …