Planetary Aliveness and Human Humility
Humans are one thread in a larger web of life, not its weavers, and our narratives of control often ignore how deeply we depend on the planet’s processes.
Separation, Technology, and Re-Embedding
Modern humans live inside technological abstractions that reflect themselves back, while their bodies still depend on reciprocal contact with the more than human world.
Animism and Ecological Personhood
Many non western cultures and Indigenous traditions treat rivers, mountains, and animals as persons with agency, rather than as inert resources.
Gaia Hypothesis and Planetary Homeostasis
Earth system scientists and Gaia theorists describe the planet as a self regulating system shaped by the interactions of living and nonliving layers.
Deep Ecology and the Limits of Environmental Language
Deep ecologists argue that all living beings have inherent worth, while critics warn that academic ecological language can feel sterile and disconnected from lived place.
Holistic Ways of Knowing
Carl Jung and other holistic thinkers argue that humans understand reality through multiple faculties, not just analytical reasoning or measurement.