1. Philosophy
1.1. RELIGION
1.1.1. Iconography
1.1.2. Chirstian/ Catholic
1.1.2.1. Land is created for MAN
1.1.2.1.1. Violence & Conquest
1.1.2.1.2. Romanticized version of the Natural World
1.1.2.2. Archaic prejudices
1.1.2.3. Rigid Attitude and practices
1.1.3. Ancient Greeks
1.1.3.1. Mythology
1.1.3.1.1. Polytheism
1.1.3.1.2. Demeter: central figure of Eleusinian Nature
1.1.3.1.3. The Rape of Proserpina: the beginning of separating human and nature
1.1.3.2. Community
1.1.3.2.1. Marcus Aurelias: Meditations
1.1.3.3. Gaia Hypothesis: the earth can regulate and renew itself and survive the destructive activities inflicted on its biophysical systems.
1.1.3.4. TOTALITY
1.1.3.4.1. Nature is life; Nature is Power; Nature is Soul; Nature is Divine; Nature is Value
1.1.4. Ancient Egyptians
1.1.4.1. Elements of the Soul
1.1.4.1.1. Akh or Ikhu The immortal self
1.1.4.1.2. The Body; The Personality; The True Name; The Vital Essence; The Shadow; The Heart
1.1.4.2. Sacred Spaces
1.1.4.3. Community
1.1.5. Indigenous People
1.1.5.1. Good mind, Good heart, Good Spirit
1.1.5.1.1. Monotheism
1.1.5.1.2. Monetheism
1.1.5.1.3. Pagan
1.1.5.1.4. Totemism
1.1.5.1.5. Animism
1.1.5.1.6. Spiritualism
1.1.5.1.7. Dualism
1.1.5.2. Cycle of life, Cycle of seasons = Circle of Being
1.1.5.3. KNOWLEDGE; language + culture + environment + survival
1.1.5.4. Community
1.1.6. Atheism/ Agnostic
1.2. DEEP ECOLOGY: A deeper understanding of ideological environmental and ecological problems with the emphasis on cultural ideologies
1.2.1. ECOLOGICAL SELF: in, of, and for nature
1.2.2. Question concepts of morality
1.2.2.1. Egoism
1.2.2.1.1. Universal Perspective/Being
1.2.2.1.2. Obsession with violence
1.2.2.1.3. Savage views of creatures
1.2.2.1.4. FEAR of the unknown or uncontrollable
1.2.2.2. Form appreciation/ generosity
1.2.3. Diversity
1.3. ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINISM
1.4. CULTURAL DETERMINISM
1.5. ECOCENTRISM
1.5.1. animal liberation
1.6. THEORY
1.7. DUALISM
2. CREATION
3. SELF MOVEMENT
3.1. The scripture of Nature
3.2. John Muir: An Unknown Nobody
3.3. UUTAI OLENA: Blessing of Nature
3.3.1. Neo- Shamanic
3.4. Martin Heideggar
3.5. Self realization: extending the human experience beyond itself
3.6. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3.6.1. Our journey proves our ignorance
3.7. Georg Wilhelm Freiedrich Hegel
3.7.1. Where we began and where we will end depends on the mere potentiality of self realization in order to transform to true self. Our being is composed of negative contradictions that are egocentric
3.8. Nature as a form of "otherness"
4. CLIMATE CHANGE
4.1. Will we allow other living things to reach their full potential if we do not eradicate ourselves?
4.2. Without nature there are not true thoughts of right and wrong
4.3. Over Production of supply and goods
4.4. Capitalism
4.5. Population Growth
4.6. Pollution & Waste
4.7. Agricultural Revolution
4.7.1. European colonialism
4.7.1.1. ecological degradation
4.8. Endangered Species
4.9. Carbon Footprint
4.9.1. Human impact on environment
5. ANTHROPOCENE
6. MOTHERCULTURE
6.1. CUMULATION OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE
6.1.1. Cultural Relativism: culture by its own standards
6.1.2. Ethnocentrism: evaluating other cultures
6.1.3. Xenocentrism: colonized cultures view dominant cultures as superior
6.1.3.1. "Stolen Generations"
6.1.3.1.1. Internal colonization
6.1.3.2. Racism/Injustice
6.1.3.2.1. Classist Societies create bigger gaps in abilities to thrive
6.1.4. Indigenous Culture
6.1.4.1. Stories and assessments of experiences in the natural world and beyond
6.1.4.1.1. Acts of Service
6.1.4.1.2. The environment is a reflection of Inner Wisdom and Cognition
6.1.4.1.3. KINSHIP
6.1.4.2. Everything has a life, a spirit, and must be respected and valued.
6.1.4.2.1. THYSELF ---> THEYSELF
6.1.4.3. All is connected in this continuous cycle of past, present, future as it pertains to the natural world and beyond.
6.1.4.4. Elders/ Spiritual Leaders
6.2. COMMON KNOWLEDGE
6.2.1. to live virtuously
6.2.2. loyalty & betrayal: ideas of self sacrifice for the group stemming from our long history as tribal creatures
6.2.3. "absolute" leadership
6.3. WESTERN SCIENCE
6.4. EGOCENTRIC --> SOCIOCENTRIC
7. Nature
7.1. the human need for defining nature and therefore constructing it
7.1.1. Man's conquest
7.2. Deep time: concept of geological time
7.3. SOCIAL SCIENCES
7.3.1. ONTOLOGY
7.3.1.1. mirroring the natural world's cycle of adaption
7.3.1.2. Being
7.3.2. COSMOLOGY
7.3.2.1. Understanding the universe and its conceptual foundations
7.3.3. WILDERNESS
7.3.3.1. untouched by human
7.3.3.2. where man reverts to role as prey and not as superior or in control
8. MORALS AND ETHICAL CONDITIONING
8.1. Perception, Values, Attitudes
8.1.1. Pragmatic Ethics: understanding what is ethical in a pluralistic society.
8.1.1.1. SCIENCE RULES!
8.1.1.2. Conscious Awareness
8.1.1.2.1. "How can we do better?"
8.1.1.2.2. "What are the lessons we can learn?"
8.1.1.3. Empathy
8.1.2. Norms/Principles/ Moral criteria
8.1.2.1. Objectivity
8.1.2.1.1. Pluralistic Society
8.1.2.2. Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)
8.1.2.2.1. Socialization/ Pleasure&Pain
8.1.3. Deflection/ Moral Exclusion
8.1.3.1. Dehumanization, Reduction of standards, Glorifying Violence, De-individualism, Transcendent Ideologies, Victim Blaming
8.2. Experience to shape better behaviors
8.2.1. "Observed behavior is altered by the behavior."
8.3. To what extent are restorations environmentally and ethically sound?
8.3.1. Entertainment to introduce the wild to everyday human lives
8.3.1.1. Staged scenes, Animal cruelty, destroyed habitats = misleading the masses
8.3.1.2. Mobile Dung Cams/ Floating Cams for observing nature without interference
8.3.1.3. Artists and Nature
8.4. Shaping Nature for accessibility
8.4.1. Botanical Gardens, Reserves, Zoos, Aquariums, Wild Life sighting areas, Hiking trails, Campgrounds Monuments etc.
8.4.1.1. Human enjoyment & Empathy
8.4.1.2. Artificial nature
9. MANAGED NATURE
9.1. ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS
9.1.1. loss of land and resources
9.2. LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION
9.3. FRAMING NATURE
9.3.1. Urban Parks and green spaces
9.3.1.1. children and green spaces
9.3.1.2. Maximizing experience
9.3.1.2.1. Immersion Experiences
9.4. CO-HABITATION WITH NATURE
9.4.1. A meaningful relationship with nature does not necessarily depend on a rejection of the urban context.
9.5. DOMESTICATION
9.5.1. Zoo's, Aquarium, Reserves, Sancutary
9.5.1.1. Maximizing experience
9.5.1.2. Restorative response
9.5.1.3. Private Breeding to repopulate the natural world
9.5.1.3.1. Captive breeding: can offer a last chance when select species face inevitable extinction, but ultimately depends on re-integrating a population into the wild.
9.5.1.3.2. Data bases to avoid inbreeding