deep ecology
practices for awakening and resilience in a changing world
“Deep ecology does not separate humans - or anything else - from the natural environment. It does see the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that are …
Ecosophy begins with experiencing ourselves as part of nature, not separate from it.
Inner peace and outer peace are inseparable.
Nonviolence is not a garment to be put on and off at will. Its seat is in the heart, and it must be an inseparable part of our being.
The idea that humans are separate from nature is the illness of civilization.
We are the Earth become conscious of itself.
The Earth is not just our environment. The Earth is our mother.
We inter-are with the rain forests, the water table, and the atmosphere.
“We must find and develop therapies which heal our relations with the widest community, that of all living beings.” —Arne Naess
“Self-realization means widening the self: identification with a larger Self.” – Arne Naess
“Self-realization often leads us to protect what we identify with.” – Arne Naess
“The ultimate aims of deep ecology can be summarized in a simple imperative: maximize self-realization! In other words, maximize our potential as living beings. We need beings to awaken.” …
“Deep ecology looks at the spiritual disease that underlies the environmental crisis: the illusion of separation between humans and the rest of the natural world… In order to nourish our …
“When you wake up and see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is in you, you are the Earth, you touch the nature of interbeing” - Thich Nhat Hanh This powerful quote from Thich Nhat …
“Care flows naturally if the self is widened and deepened so that protection of free nature is felt and conceived of as protection of our very selves.” - Arne Naess —
“The fundamental insight of deep ecology is that underlying all of the symptoms of environmental problems, there is the illusion of separation between human beings and the natural world” - John Seed — …
“It is only that tiny planet with its shades of blue and white that is our home, that welcomes us. We are living in our home, but we do not treasure it and the time we have to live on it. The images …
The Trumpeter ISSN: 0832-6193 Volume 22, Number 2 (2006) The Ecological Self John Seed In this article John explores some of the key issues in deep Ecology, his own experience as an activist and …
By John Revington. Originally published by the Rainforest Information Centre; republished here with permission. Publication date not stated on the original page; estimated from internal references …
By John Revington. Originally published by the Rainforest Information Centre; republished here with permission. The author dates this account explicitly within the text: written in 1997. There is a …
from the book Thinking Like a mountain - Towards a Council of All Beings - Seed et al by John Seed, Joanna Macy, Arne Naess & Pat Fleming, New Society Publishers, Philadelphia, 1988 First …