The health of our environment, the ecological system we live in and are intimately connected to every element of, is a direct support for our physical health.
Without well-nourished soil, our food lacks nutritional value (vitamins and minerals) and does not support individual physical health and mental health.
When we overproduce and overextract from our environment, it suffers and we suffer individually as a result. In turn, when we take care of soil health, air health and water health, practicing permaculture, regenerative agriculture, degrowth and a circular economy we support the well-being of individuals and societies.
The ultimate responsibility that we have is to realign our systems of governance with social and ecological imperatives so that humans can coexist with natural systems while we repair what we can and adapt to what is essentially irreparable on human time scales. 1
If an ecosystem is a tapestry, constantly being woven, then pollinators are the weavers: sowing pollen from one plant to another, making it possible for them to flower and bear their fruits. 2
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Ideas
- permaculture
- soil and water health
- interbeing
- connections between all sentient beings, seen and unseen beings, animism
- personhood, rights of nature
- enchantment, rewilding
- ecological luxury
- sustainable alternatives
- circular economy
- reflecting on the tragedy of the commons
Resources
- Open Edu teaches free courses on multiple topics through 3 major lenses—human rights, climate justice and collective liberation.
- Beyond Plastics
- All We Can Save Circles
- How to Recareer for the Climate
Footnotes
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Meridith Danberg-Ficarelli (Co-Founder + CEO, WATS), NYC Trash Academy ↩
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Emergence Magazine https://www.instagram.com/emergencemagazine/p/C0MvrsPuoNA/?img_index=1 ↩