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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Back to Nature #5 Consciousness for Sustainabiltiy

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Consciousness for Sustainability The discussion of the “Back to Nature” series has been looking at developmental models of human behaviour, with a view to seeing what light, of any, such approaches can shed on the perplexing question: Why do so many people seem to be in denial, or to be unable to grasp the reality [...]

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Back to Nature #4: The Trouble with Green

Sunday, January 13, 2008

The Trouble with Green “Here’s the point: you look out there, at the environment, and with your senses you can plainly see the wonderful, glorious, empirical world of nature. And of course you want to help save nature from destruction, not only because nature is beautiful, but because your own existence depends in many ways [...]

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Back to Nature #3 The Evolution of Consciousness

Sunday, January 6, 2008

The Evolution of Consciousness Part 1 In “Back to nature #2” I explored Deep Ecology and the idea that the response to the environmental problems we face should be to in some way “go back to nature” because “nature knows best”. I questioned this idea on the grounds that some versions imply an anthropocentric stance, [...]

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