What’s a Process for Reversing the Ecological Crisis?

Reversing the Eco-crisis in One Generation – Part 4

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We can’t save the planet. It will save itself. The planet is innately regenerative and we are invited to join. – Paul Hawken

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When one thinks of the Ecological Crisis as “a solution in disguise,” looking within the Ecological Crisis reveals that …

… people everywhere making decisions for meeting human physical needs (in turquoise) are creating physical things-we-extract flows (in orange), physical things-we-use flows (in chartreuse) & physical pollution flows (in orange) …

… and the exponentially growing things-we-extract flows & pollution flows (in orange) are physically damaging the biosphere and creating the Ecological Crisis as a whole …

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When one understands that the exponentially growing things-we-extract flows & pollution flows are creating the Ecological Crisis as a whole, imagining a process for reversing the Ecological Crisis as a whole might look like:

First, an understanding that …

… in the words of ecologist Fritjof Capra:

The biosphere organizes itself in living networks, and these living networks are inherently regenerative, creative and intelligent.

… the intelligent biosphere thinks and decides and operates on an extremely simple principle of meeting the physical needs of all living beings, including human beings …

… the biosphere as a whole (including its human beings) possesses the creativity, the intelligence and the regenerative capacity for reversing the Ecological Crisis as a whole …

… and, in the words of environmentalist Paul Hawken:

The planet’s regeneration is at our feet – animals, soil and wildness … it demonstrates a fundamental and inspiring maxim: nature rebounds with astonishing speed.

Second, invention of a complete process through which …

… people everywhere make specific decisions and take specific actions for meeting their human physical needs (in turquoise) that scale back (in yellow) the things-we-extract flows and pollution flows (in orange) …

… and, at the same time, keep intact the things-we-extract flows (in orange) and things-we-use flows (in chartreuse) for meeting every human being’s physical needs …

… which allows the biosphere (in deep green) to regenerate itself (in yellow) as a whole …

… and allows the creativity, intelligence and regenerative capacity of the biosphere as a whole to reverse the Ecological Crisis as a whole …

… and allows the biosphere to meet the physical needs of all its living beings, including its human beings, as a whole …

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People everywhere making specific decisions and taking specific actions – for meeting human physical needs – scales back human-created things-we-extract flows & pollution flows, which allows the regenerated biosphere as a whole to reverse the Ecological Crisis as a whole.

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What do you think? Does this make sense to you?

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