Animate Earth: Science, Intuition and Gaia: 1 (Berlin Technologie Hub Eco pack)

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But in Gaia Alchemy, Harding goes a step further and argues that each of us, as living creatures, are participants in Gaia, and that Gaia has things to say to us if only we would listen. Part of the problem is that we must overcome the human/nature divide that for 400 years has taught us to see nature as a dead object. We must tune into Gaia as a living mystery in which we are immersed.

An animate universe feels so right for me experientially and now, thanks to people like Dr Stephan Harding and films like Animate Earth, it computes intellectually too. The DVD of the Animate Earth film is available through animateearth.com. Presented by Dr Stephan Harding, it features interviews with leading environmentalists, scientists and spiritual leaders, including Brian Goodwin, Iain McGilchrist, Fritjof Capra, Vandana Shiva, Jules Cashford and Satish Kumar. Stephan Harding lays bare the flaws in today’s narrowing and numbers-bound scientific model, and eloquently articulates the case for a more intuitive holistic approach." Stephan Harding is one of the few people who knows how to link the science of Gaia with the spirit of Gaia. He shows us that we must understand Gaia not just as an idea in our heads; we must also experience ourselves as part of her living being. . . . A brave book which may upset people from both sides of the divide he seeks to bridge - which makes it all the more essential reading for those seeking to respond to the challenges of our times."He uses the phrase “to get Gaia’ed” after explaining some examples of people practicing the principles of deep ecology within the world – listening to and intuiting the natural world around us: sensing the spirit of life. Animate Earth argues that we need to establish a right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embedded-and to which, in the final analysis, we are all accountable. The book inspires the reader to connect with a profound sense of the intrinsic value of the Earth, and to discover what it means to live as harmoniously as possible within a sentient creature of planetary proportions. Contents He is a deeply practical man as well as theorist-ecologist: his doctoral research was on Muntjac Deer within a wild wood, and it was here, measuring and recording animal behaviour, that his listening and appreciation of the earth really began. For me as a non-scientist who struggles with the scientific principles, this is a winning read because Harding ranges from the macro to micro, from academic language to a spiritual rythmn, and as a reader I can resonate with the journey he is taking me on, despite some difficulties in my own mind with the subject area. If we develop this Gaian consciousness it must surely lead us to consider whether minerals including oil, coal and other fossil fuels, have rights- including the right to stay in the ground. They are not sentient and conscious as we are, but we can think of them as having a sentience because they are made of atoms, because they are matter. For depth of understanding of Earth functioning and our human role in the process, Stephan Harding's Animate Earth is the finest of recent studies. It should be read, meditated on, and adopted as a guide to our human course of action if we would avoid the disaster of an ecological collapse of life on Earth.'

Written by ecologist Stephan Harding, Animate Earth argues that we need to establish the right relationship with the planet as a living entity in which we are indissolubly embedded - and to which we are all accountable. Now in its second edition, this fascinating book includes a new chapter on fungi, contemplative exercises and an update on the global climate situation. Recommended.Beautiful photography and interesting discussions related to the history of science...This film would be a good supplement for collections in history of science or environmental ethics and philosophy." Questo fa capire che il vero cambiamento deve essere interiore, perchè [...] anche le soluzioni tecnologiche più brillanti potrebbero condurre al disastro se non vengono usate da esseri umani saggi. Forse la massima più fondamentale della saggezza gaiana è il fatto che noi uomini siamo totalmente responsabili di fronte al nostro pianeta". One way of thinking about it is that our consciousness is intimately connected to the lithosphere, because our bodies are made of it, at least partially. Because, after all, we are partly made up of lithosphere – carbon, oxygen, nitrogen… The question is what kind of consciousness the lithosphere has? Well here I’d probably like to leave science behind. Digital technologies are made up of minerals and metals destructively stripped from the Earth. Do you think they are playing a role in disconnecting us from our living planet and our greater selves?This principle (in a nutshell) is that the planet is a vast living interconnected system, not the dead, mechanical object that many 19th and 20th Century philosophers and scientists in the West have based their ideas upon. A wonderful film. No one tells the awesome story of how we can use science to deeply connect with the earth better or with more inspiration than Stephan Harding."