A mind-opening talk about how we can learn from Nature’s ways to evolve sustainable systems. So, instead of trying to invent new technologies with little regard for their long-term impacts, maybe we could copy Nature’s “inventions” so the stuff we build actually lasts longer and doesn’t break our world.
Like Native cultures ask: “How will my actions today impact 7 generations from now?”
(…) Learning about the natural world is one thing. Learning from the natural world, that’s the switch, that’s the profound switch! (…) Janice Benyus
Just watched it again! I can’t get enough. What breakthrough ideas about creating richness in our lives WHILE enhancing our environment, instead of thinking of our gain as Nature’s loss like most engineering ends up doing!
Jean Rajotte · 25. June 2009, 00:48 · #
Just watched it again! I can’t get enough. What breakthrough ideas about creating richness in our lives WHILE enhancing our environment, instead of thinking of our gain as Nature’s loss like most engineering ends up doing!