By Environment and Ecology
There are four main principles of Daoism that guide the relationship between humanity and nature.
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A group of the world’s top ecologists have issued a stark warning about the snowballing crisis caused by climate change, population growth, and unchecked development. Their assessment is grim, but big-picture societal changes on a global scale can still avert a disastrous future.
Knowing how environmental issues affect different groups of marginalized people in unique and often overlapping ways can help us build a more sustainable and equitable world.
From songs referencing grandma’s backyard garden to lyrics ripping government for destroying the water supply, many hip hop artists seamlessly weave climate justice into their sounds. After all, being sustainably savvy is how their grandparents and great-grandparents survived.
No challenge derails managers from the goal of sustainability more than trying to understand what it means for an organization to really be sustainable.
This essay is part of our July 2019 Uncertain Future Forum on the topic: “If collapse is imminent, how do we respond?”
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Satish Kumar has spent much of his life walking the Earth to spiritually connect with nature; now he wants environmentalists and all of us to forget gloomy predictions and follow in his footsteps. John Vidal reports
Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature.
We need to value nature’s biodiversity, clean water, and seeds. For this, nature is the best teacher.
In this interview, Buddhist eco-philosopher and author Joanna Macy discusses her life and work. From her anti-nuclear activism in the late 60’s to her work with deep ecology, Joanna expresses the need to live within an ethic of care for the earth.