A New Covenant with Nature – Notes on the End of Civilization and the Renewal of Culture
- Has modern civilization really improved human lives?
- Is money evil?
- Is government necessary?
- What can we each do to renew our connection with all that is wild, and generative, and free?
In this radical and thought-provoking book, ecophilosopher Richard Heinberg explores these questions with wit, perception, and refreshing insight. Each culture, Heinberg shows, makes a covenant or agreement with nature. Our culture's agreement is obviously crumbling. If we are to create a new covenant, we must begin by rethinking the givens of society from the ground up - or even, quietly desert the existing social system and help birth a better one.
From Part III - 'The Great Purification' (p. 163):
" To speak of wilderness is to speak of wholeness. Human beings came out of that wholeness, and to consider the possibility of reactivating membership in the Assembly of All Beings is in no way regressive. " - Gary Snyder.
A New Covenant with Nature – Notes on the End of Civilization and the Renewal of Culture
- Has modern civilization really improved human lives?
- Is money evil?
- Is government necessary?
- What can we each do to renew our connection with all that is wild, and generative, and free?
In this radical and thought-provoking book, ecophilosopher Richard Heinberg explores these questions with wit, perception, and refreshing insight. Each culture, Heinberg shows, makes a covenant or agreement with nature. Our culture’s agreement is obviously crumbling. If we are to create a new covenant, we must begin by rethinking the givens of society from the ground up – or even, quietly desert the existing social system and help birth a better one.
From Part III – ‘The Great Purification’ (p. 163):
” To speak of wilderness is to speak of wholeness. Human beings came out of that wholeness, and to consider the possibility of reactivating membership in the Assembly of All Beings is in no way regressive. “ – Gary Snyder.