Climate change can also be an opportunity to promote more ecological living.
Climate change can also be an opportunity to promote more ecological living Author: Qian Zhang Satish Kumar (2009) said that we can not save the climate crisis with the same tools and same mindsets which created the climate crisis. The climate crisis is just a symptom; the problem is our attitude toward the natural world […]
Emergency food aid: A hindrance to achieving community food security in Ciudad Colon?
Emergency food aid: A hindrance to achieving community food security in Ciudad Colon? Author: Lauren Bernardi According to Banco de Alimentos de Mora founder, Carlos, there are approximately 400 food insecure individuals that reside in Ciudad Colon. Of this population, he estimates that about 90% of these individuals are elderly folks who are not working […]
Reflections on Ecological Civilization in China
Reflections on Ecological Civilization in China Author: Sifan Jiang Translated into Spanish by Silvana Gordillo González Ecological Civilization with Chinese Characteristics The philosophy of Ecological Civilization has deep cultural roots in China. There were already ideas of protecting viviparous and oviparous animals for sustainable use, as well as the law of closing mountains and reforestation, […]
Ideas from Peace from Dr. Lesya Sabada
Professor Lesya Sabada explains how religious beliefs relate to the protection of the environment, peacebuilding, and sustainable development
Lost in Assimilation: The Tragedy of Traditional Ecological Knowledge
The field of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which captures the worldviews and ways of living of indigenous communities in relation to their environments, has become a glamorous concept in the lexicon of development theorists. The paper seeks to critically engage with the possibility and challenges of ‘successful integration of indigenous knowledge and ethics into modern science and culture’, highlighting two challenges in particular: the itemization and alienation of beliefs and understandings to fit within a functional and mechanistic worldview (a tragedy of parts), and the broader negative consequences of distorting cultural epistemologies of profound wisdom and relevance to the survival of our species (a tragedy of the whole).