Nature's Role in Sustainability
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Urbanism And The Land
Nature’s Role In Sustainability
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“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
- Albert Einstein
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My Connection To Sustainability
To achieve a viable human-earth situation a new jurisprudence, Earth Jurisprudence, must articulate the conditions for the integral functioning of the Earth process.
Father Thomas Berry
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The Earth Process
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Why Rights Of Nature?
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Problems vs. Predicaments
Problems Have Fixes Predicaments Require A Mindset Shift
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Nature Deficit DisorderIs The Cause of the Earth
Community’s Predicament
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Rights Come From Existence
Thomas Berry, “The Great Work”
“The most absurd thing in modern times is the idea that only humans
have rights.”
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The Animals Have Rights
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The Birds Have Rights
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The Pollinators Have Rights
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The Trees Have Rights
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The River Has Rights
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Beyond Ethics and Morality
Nature Will Restore Equilibrium With Us Or Without Us
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Rights Of Nature Are Here Now
Ecuador’s ConstitutionNew Zealand Grants Rights To A River
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature24+ U. S. Cities’ Rights of Nature OrdinancesU. N. Declaration on Rights of Mother Earth
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Santa Monica Rights of Nature Ordinance
Pittsburgh Rights of Nature Ordinance
Cities Are Starting To Make The Connection
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Sustainable Rights To Nature
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Nature Is Our Habitat
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Violate The Rights Of Nature
Some Uses Of Nature
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Fracking Threatens Land Use Controls
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Biophilia
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Biophilia is the “connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.”
Harvard Biologist E. O. Wilson
What Is Biophilia?
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What Are Biophilic Cities?
"Biophilic Cities contain abundant nature; they care about, seek to protect, restore and
grow this nature, and they strive to foster deep connections and daily contact with
the natural world.” www.biophiliccities.org
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Green Everything
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Emerging Biophilic Cities
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What Would Nature Do?
Biomimicry
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Green Infrastructure Is Biomimicry
The Basics: Rain Gardens
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From Mushroom Communities
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To Portland’s Eco-Districts
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Cities Focused On Biodiversity
Chicago WildernessPortland Intertwine Alliance
Bay Area Biomimicry NetworkVancouver Greenest City 2020
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U.N. Warns Of World Without Water
Quote from UN Secretary General on Urban Water Shortages
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Preserving Biodiversity Is Key
"Biodiversity and the ecosystem services it provides are central to achieving the
vision of a water secure world."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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Nature is a system based on cooperation, not competition. Cellular Biologist, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Author of “Spontaneous Evolution”
Cooperation
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“Nature has an inherent order, and we damage our communities and ourselves if we don’t learn to live
within it.” Jordan River Commission
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Ecological coherence is an essential condition for healthy ecosystems. European Commission on Green Infrastructure
Ecological Coherence
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When We Are In Nature We Experience Coherence
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Challenges of Habitat Preservation
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Reconnecting Habitat Zones
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Public – Private Partnerships
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Conservation Easements
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Protect Habitat Wherever You Can
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Daytime on Boulder’s Open Space
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Nighttime on Boulder’s Open Space
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Natural Resilience
Healing Nature Deficit Disorder
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Biodiversity Is Nature’s Resilience
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Serenity In Nature
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SuddenlyNatureResets
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Who’s Going To Clean Up This Mess?
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Nature’s Volunteers Will
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New Forests Emerge
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Animals Return
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Natural Happiness
The Pursuit Of
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When Nature Is Happy
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People Are Happy
Boulder Rated Happiest Community In The U.S.
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Accountability
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Synergy
Our Primary Task: Create The Conditions For
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"The universe is a communion of subjects,not a collection of objects.”
Thomas Berry
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”Albert Einstein
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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
Rumi