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Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby edgar99k2 » Tue 03 Apr 2007, 09:26:53

That's an interesting perspective. I've been reading an article on Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak et al. Guilt about the abuse of the earth, lack of defining milestones and rituals (spiritual), disconnectedness from the earth all are contributing factors to fanatical behavior (not only terrorists but extreme religious movements, gangs, etc).


I more troubled with the current situation of our environment. it is continuously deteriorating and we have to move fast. I understand very less work has been done to this direction and world wide mass education is the need of the day. Can someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby ohanian » Tue 03 Apr 2007, 11:01:56

In the long run, we are all dead!
- John Maynard Keynes


So why worry about it? It's for our children to worry about, if they have any spare time left from killing each other for God and Allah.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby JPL » Tue 03 Apr 2007, 17:40:55

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('edgar99k2', 'T')hat's an interesting perspective. I've been reading an article on Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak et al. Guilt about the abuse of the earth, lack of defining milestones and rituals (spiritual), disconnectedness from the earth all are contributing factors to fanatical behavior (not only terrorists but extreme religious movements, gangs, etc).


I more troubled with the current situation of our environment. it is continuously deteriorating and we have to move fast. I understand very less work has been done to this direction and world wide mass education is the need of the day. Can someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness.


By visibly living a (more) sustainable life.

People these days are fed up with being lectured at. They want to see real solutions that can be done by people just like them.

That's it basically. I've been thinking about this issue for many years and finally came to the decision that words alone just don't cut it any more...

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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby ryan_276 » Wed 04 Apr 2007, 04:44:16

I’ve been doing an Online degrees on Ecopsychology from www.ecopsych.com “Institute of Global Education” special NGO consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It makes a landmark contribution to personal, social and environmental well being. For the benefit of person and planet, we must support those who want to learn, use or teach this wide-ranging science.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby JPL » Wed 04 Apr 2007, 18:31:54

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pstarr', 't')here is nothing wrong about conjecture or explanation if it sheds light on phenomena. What edgar99k2 says makes sense.

As for example, I have been setting one half my life and the assholes continue to screw up. so much for that theory. :twisted:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghandi

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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby TommyJefferson » Sun 29 Apr 2007, 10:10:23

ecopsychology . ecoreligion . ecopropaganda . ecoterrorism
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby Aaron » Sun 29 Apr 2007, 10:37:51

Free Will Killed our planet long ago...

In Universal terms, our Earth is in the first trimester, & is likely not considered truly "alive" yet.

A million monkeys on a million typewriters produce Shakespeare... but not all of em.

Many produce nothing useful at all.

Some fade away before they even really begin.

And when I say "some" I mean countless trillions which compose the vast majority, of course.

If this was all intentionally designed at some level, then I'd like a few words with the architect.

Like the long-suffering, silent wife who enables her alcoholic husband to continue his destructive lifestyle, conservation, recycling & similar ecologically friendly practices simply enable others to expand their destructive footprint on the environment.

Absent a Global "intervention", to prevent greedy people from expanding their ecologic exploitation of our planet, efforts to reduce the impact of human civilization on the environment will not only fail, but will simply shift this destruction into the much less capable hands of the developing world.

That kind of control is only possible at the point of a gun... if then.

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Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby ryan_276 » Mon 02 Jul 2007, 14:03:30

That's an interesting perspective. I've been reading an article on Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak et al. Guilt about the abuse of the earth, lack of defining milestones and rituals (spiritual), disconnectedness from the earth all are contributing factors to fanatical behavior (not only terrorists but extreme religious movements, gangs, etc).
I more troubled with the current situation of our environment. it is continuously deteriorating and we have to move fast. I understand very less work has been done to this direction and world wide mass education is the need of the day. Can someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness?
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby Fiddlerdave » Mon 02 Jul 2007, 15:49:56

What's the name/location of the article?
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby coyote » Mon 02 Jul 2007, 16:01:35

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ryan_276', 'I') more troubled with the current situation of our environment. it is continuously deteriorating and we have to move fast. I understand very less work has been done to this direction and world wide mass education is the need of the day. Can someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness?

I and others here have struggled with this question. Education is what I keep wanting to come back to; but is there time? Is the momentum of the world population and consumption behemoth so great that it cannot be stopped?

Another problem: it's been shown that classroom-style environmental education does not create environmentalists.

One thing is certain: the many successes of the environmental movement, so far, nevertheless amount to not much. A decades-long struggle, and still we destroy more each year than the year before. Global tipping points loom, and still we continue.

As Jensen said: not only can we not slow the destruction; we can't even slow the destruction's acceleration.

So what to do? Jensen believes the only answer is to bring the whole damn thing down. Civilization, that is. Quinn believes that people are ready for a new paradigm, a new renaissance, and that a grass-roots educational movement can turn the tide as a flock of birds suddenly changes direction. Lovelock believes it's too damn late in any case.

In the interest of not becoming too defeatist about the state of the biosphere (it's pretty tempting), I'm trying to swing around to Quinn's point of view. Not that the renaissance will happen, but that it could be our only chance. As he says:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'D')uring your lifetime, the people of our culture are going to figure out how to live sustainably on this planet--or they're not. Either way, it's certainly going to be extraordinary. If they figure out how to live sustainably here, then humanity will be able to see something it can't see right now: a future that extends into the indefinite future. If they don't figure this out, then I'm afraid the human race is going to take its place among the species that we're driving into extinction here every day--as many as 200--every day.

New Renaissance -- a great speech.

So: tell as many people as you can about your concerns. Do it gently, so as to not turn or piss them off, but honestly. We're working against some very old and very ingrained belief systems here. Try to get them to tell others. If you can write, then write and get published. If you're in a band, work this into your lyrics, and talk about it when you're interviewed on local radio. If you're in a managerial position, try to work a positive practice into the way your company does business, and make sure the other workers are aware of it. If you're an artist... etc.

We need to change minds. A lot of them.

I'm not saying this will work. But Gaia knows, what we're doing so far sure as hell ain't.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby Zardoz » Sat 07 Jul 2007, 05:14:33

Good grief, it's a bot.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby ryan_276 » Tue 10 Jul 2007, 05:39:07

I’ve been doing online degrees on Ecopsychology from www.ecopsych.com “Institute of Global Education” special NGO consultant to the United Nations Economic and Social Council. It makes a landmark contribution to personal, social and environmental well being. For the benefit of person and planet, we must support those who want to learn, use or teach this wide-ranging science. View the film trailer via www.ecopsych.com/DVDvideofilmkey.html
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology

Unread postby TommyJefferson » Tue 10 Jul 2007, 10:49:13

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', 'G')ood grief, it's a bot.


Join dates of April 3 & 4.

Are they set to work in tandem maybe?
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Spread the word of Ecopsychology!

Unread postby thomasa » Wed 22 Aug 2007, 10:22:47

That's an interesting perspective. I've been reading an article on Ecopsychology by Theodore Roszak et al. Guilt about the abuse of the earth, lack of defining milestones and rituals (spiritual), disconnectedness from the earth all are contributing factors to fanatical behavior (not only terrorists but extreme religious movements, gangs, etc).

I more troubled with the current situation of our environment. It is continuously deteriorating and we have to move fast. I understand very less work has been done to this direction and world wide mass education is the need of the day. Can someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness?
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology!

Unread postby Zardoz » Wed 22 Aug 2007, 23:50:03

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thomasa', 'C')an someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness?

Yeah, have bots like you spam up forums automatically.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology!

Unread postby NEOPO » Wed 22 Aug 2007, 23:55:36

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Zardoz', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('thomasa', 'C')an someone suggest how best we can spread the awareness?

Yeah, have bots like you spam up forums automatically.


I do not think Thomas is a bot yet with all the BS you preach about politics I do indeed believe you are.

Why dont you go find your lost god and crawl back inside his loving arms again yeah?
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology!

Unread postby carboncycle » Mon 17 Sep 2007, 21:08:53

He could be a bot. Who starts out a post with a first sentence such as his. I will now go check the junk folder in my email to see if I have deleted something similar.
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Re: Spread the word of Ecopsychology!

Unread postby Narz » Tue 18 Sep 2007, 01:56:30

He's got two posts. If they're not both dupes then he's probably not a bot.

I was browsing a book on eco-psychology at Borders the other day while waiting for my chess tournament to start. Looked interesting.
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