Philosophy of the environment

 Mankind needs a new workable philosophy of our relationship with the earth. I have been thinking about this and so will try to pin down some of my thoughts in posts. 

To begin with we must agree where we are: that our current way of life - as western culture - isn't working as far as the earth is concerned. Latterly this has exhibited itself as global warming or climate change. Recently I have been through a period of scepticism about whether man has caused this, but I am now firmly convinced. During this period of reflection I have also become convinced that we are ruining the earth in myriad other ways also. If we don't begin to sort out these problems pretty quickly, then we will leave an unconscionable mess for our children. That our lack of respect for the earth is killing us. 

I am convinced that at the heart of this problem is our relationship with God, our spirituality, and that God, the earth and man are interlinked in a triangular relationship - with dependencies! 

Comments

[Peter G. Williams]

Hi David, nice to have you back online.

I think there are valid questions to be asked about how much of our current climate changes are due to the impact of man, but it seems to me that regardless of the answer, we have a responsibility to minimise our impact on the environment.

I'm in a place at the moment where the question of "What is Spiritual" no longer has any meaning. It's all spiritual. Self, Other, how we choose to interact with the world around us IS religion. We're interacting with God.

Take care,
Peter