Transformation to The Symbiocene

IMG_1895 Transformation to The Symbiocene: The Frederik van Eeden Lecture, 2024. An account of the book Earth Emotions published in Dutch as Aarde Emotes by Noordoek Publishers in early April 2024. Glenn A Albrecht PhD  Abstract The book, Earth Emotions, is an account of the relationship between the state of the Earth and our mental and emotional …

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 …

Growth in The Sumbonomy

As the economy undergoes de-growth ... the sumbonomy undergoes pro-growth. My work is pro-growth. However, it is not pro-parasitic or terraphthoric (earth destroying) growth which is tierracide (Earth murder). It is the negation of the above and its re-placement with a form of growth that is consistent with symbiosis, a foundation of life on Earth …

The Symbiocene: Origins

Thursday, 19 May 2011 Symbiocene Many are now suggesting that we should rename this period on earth as the Anthropocene. This era could be called the Obscene, not the Anthropocene. I for one, a human, do not wish to be associated with a period in Earth's history where the dominant people in one species, wipe …

Eutopia and the Symbiocene

Utopia = no place, derived from the Greek: οὐ (“not”) and τόπος (topos or place). Eutopia = good place, derived from 'eu' meaning good.

Symbiocene Principles

Key Foundational Symbiocene Principles (SP) are: SP 1 Regeneration: complete regeneration or biodegradability of all symbiotic inputs and outputs; SP 2 Safety: socially just forms of safe and renewable bioenergy; SP 3 Integration: complete integration of human systems with biogeochemical systems at all scales; SP 4 Renewal: use of the renewable resources of place and …

Unsafe Psychoterratic Spaces

"The combined collapse of biophysical, cultural, and economic systems will have profound implications for the human psyche. Indeed, the pressure already put on our ecology and the climate has exerted stress on many people worldwide as climate chaos, extreme weather, radically altered landscapes, and various forms of pollution hit hard. Within a period of earth …

Gaia is dead and we have killed her

God is dead and we have killed him Gaia is dead and we have killed her Eorlif[1] is still alive, but we must relife herm. .......................................................... It was Friedrich Nietzsche who, in a now famous aphorism, proclaimed: God is dead … and we have killed him (The Gay Science, 1882 book 3 125 page 181, 1974 …

Solstices, Phenology and Neohenges

Celebrating the Solstice in the Symbiocene Ancient cultures the world-over celebrated the summer and winter solstices. After two years of Covid-forced virtual gatherings at places like Stonehenge in the UK, the celebration of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year, for people in the Northern Hemisphere has recommenced. As darkness and ice appear …

Soliphilia

"Soliphilia" is the love of the totality of our place relationships, and a willingness to accept the political responsibility for protecting and conserving them at all scales. The concept has its origins in the French solidaire (interdependent) and the Latin solidus (solid or whole), and, the love of one's fellow citizens and neighbors implied by the Greek …