When human law is in conflict with Earth law, the consequences can be unsettling for we humans. Global heating is a result of taking what has been sequestered in the Earth’s crust for millennia, and burning it in a very short space of time by comparison. Add to this the emissions / waste, which in many cases is 70 per cent of the original. We are witnessing the results. Human laws must reflect Earth laws, for example the First Law of Thermodynamics.
Australian nature: if our laws don’t radically change, environmental degradation will continue, Adam Morton. The Guardian, Tue 4 Feb 2025.
This country has a long history of taking its unique wildlife and landscapes for granted – but what has happened in this term of parliament is remarkable.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/feb/04/australian-nature-if-our-laws-dont-radically-change-environmental-degradation-will-continue
Make a noise or work with the system? New research reveals 4 ways to create real change for nature, Lily van Eeden, Lecturer, RMIT University; Liam Smith, Director, BehaviourWorks, Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University; Sarah Bekessy, Professor in Sustainability and Urban Planning, Leader, Interdisciplinary Conservation Science Research Group (ICON Science), RMIT University. The Conversation, January 31, 2025.
Beyond Knowing Nature – 5 Pathways to Nature Connection, May 10, 2017 by Miles – Lumber R, Richardson M, Sheffield D (2017) Beyond knowing nature: Contact, emotion, compassion, meaning, and beauty are pathways to nature connection.
Since this 2017 blog introducing the pathways there is also a blog Applying the Pathways to Nature Connectedness, a pathways postcard and video.
https://findingnature.org.uk/2017/05/10/beyond-knowing-nature/