Integral with the Planet

watch/listen to more of Brian Swimme here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRykk_0ovI0&feature=user

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• brian
• swimme
• ecology
• planet
• crisis
• economics
• consciousness
• transformation
• integral

[Papermac]

I know, this was probably intended as a plea for a more ecological way of living, but this little clip demonstrates how an extremely positive, woolly tone can damage the content of the message.

The commentator starts off with the crushing observation that we are causing ecocide but according to him, this opens up new possibilities... He then encourages us to see this destruction as "giving birth to a new geological era".

No, thank you...

[redliterocket4]

i think you misinterpret the meaning of a new geological era. it is not a good or bad thing, it simply is a development in the evolutionary path of our planet that is sufficiently different from the past to warrant a new designation. and of course, as the meaning of the word crisis testifies, every terrible danger is also a great opportunity.

[Papermac]

Our willingness to sacrifice our ecosystem to sustain economic growth is sheer insanity. To say that this destruction of precious life is neither good or bad strikes me as irresponsible. And I find it inappropriate to even ruminate on "the potential good" that will come out of this. We don't respect nature... and that's fundamentally a problem of our minds and hearts.

Catastrophes won't solve this. On the contrary, they usually increase our animosity towards our natural world...

[redliterocket4]

I was just referring to the way that scientists name geological periods. The fact that our species is largely responsible for the current extinction event is certainly an unfortunate circumstance, I do not at all disagree with you there. But we didn't know what we were doing until very recently, and knowing what we know now, any delay in transforming our economic system amounts to mass murder on a planetary scale.

[masterplumbermark]

Humans are like microbes on this living being we call the earth....and this living being is beginning to transform right before our very finite human eyes..the planet is alive in ways we have never conceived....

We must give up the idea that we have dominion over nature and the planet and realize that we are only a very small part of this living being.

its going to be an interesting ride that is for sure......

and life flows on within you and without you....

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[igorchuna]

this video should have 100 million views

[seveneverything]

you know why most people will never think like this?: ..........."I WANNA BE A BILLIONAIRE SOO FREAKIN BAAAAD ...."

[kalexandera]

Awesome and shocking

[metaRising]

Beautiful words and images. More inspirational stuff buddy :) Thankyou for your continued and valued contributions :)

[CroTuschek]

OMG! I just watched a video of Derrida with exact same song in it! It's "Good bye Lenin" in case anyone was wonderin'... =)

[Ipoetize]

Salute and Thank you for efforts, as a seeker of all things to make my world better I can now use the information you shared and do my best to put it into action.

[Namidable]

Yann Tiersen - Summer 78 :)

[waiting2die44]

song?

[waiting2die44]

that is why it is our challenge.

because if we do not change. it well be our demise. but i believe if we reform and repent, we can create a new earth.

[Salmocymraeg]

@hedgewytche I agree. Our fundamental responsibility and our first step is to stop the decline in biodiversity. These are the end times, but any attempt to package this as a new beginning for humans is missing the point. If we do not transform ourselves then this will be OUR end time. Life will continue without us.

[hedgewytche]

Yes, humans are responsible for mass destruction of life on this planet. But it is NOT okay. Unless I missed something, Swimme's idea that there is anything positive to be gained from this, is as delusional as the hippies idea 'make love not war' would bring peace to the planet. We changed nothing! Make no mistake, every species on this planet is travelling downhill fast in a runaway train with no brakes, but there's no need to romanticise it.