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The Third Step

Published on Nov 06, 2015

We need an ethic that goes beyond human relationships. We need to take the third step toward a land ethic.

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The Third Step

AN ETHIC OF REVERENCE FOR THE LAND
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BUSINESS HAS 3 PROBLEMS

  • What it takes
  • What it makes
  • What it wastes
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NATURE RECYCLES

WE CONSUME
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NATURE RUNS SOLAR

WE RUN FOSSIL FUELS
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NATURE IS DIVERSE

WE GO MASS PRODUCTION
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'ECONOMY'

FROM GREEK, TO MANAGE ONE'S HOME
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EARTH

THE ONLY HOME WE'VE GOT
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OUR FINITE RESOURCES

WE ARE BURNING THROUGH
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ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE

WHAT CAN NATURE TEACH BUSINESS?
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ETHICS

THE FOUNDATION OF
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THE INDIVIDUAL

IN A COMMUNITY OF INTERDEPENDENCE
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First Ethic

Between Individuals -- The Ten Commandments
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Second Ethic

Golden Rule: Between Individuals & Society
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Third Ethic?

"An ecological necessity" -- Aldo Leopold
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THE LAND

COULD WE HAVE AN ETHIC OF REVERENCE?
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3 PRINCIPLES

REVERENCE, REALISM, AND RESTRAINT
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REVERENCE

Capacity for awe, respect, and shame
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REALISM

Scientific knowledge, humanized
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RESTRAINT

THE ABILITY TO LIMIT OUR WANTS AND NEEDS
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BIOTIC PYRAMID

Aldo Leopold's Living Pyramid
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THE LAND

Soil, Water, Plants, and Animals
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INTERDEPENDENCE

Each relies on the elements beneath
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THE LAND

We are supported all the way down by
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Those whose ethic of the land begins in reverence will not foul their home for profit.
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EARTH

A CLOSED RENEWABLE SYSTEM
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COMMERCE

INFINITE UNLIMITED GROWTH?
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GRATITUDE

DEVELOP AN ATTITUDE OF
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CONSERVE

IN THE PRESENT
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SUSTAIN

FOR THE FUTURE
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RENEW

DON'T DEPLETE
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Love the world as your self . . .

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Then you can care for all things - Tao Te Ching

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WE CARE

WHEN WE UNDERSTAND. . .
Aldo Leopold believed that "We can be ethical only in relation to something we can see, feel, understand, love, or otherwise have faith in . . . "
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MINDSET

A DIFFERENT
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COMPANION

FROM CONQUEROR TO . . .
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COOPERATION

From competition to
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CONSERVATIONISM

FROM CONSUMERISM TO
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AN ECOLOGY OF COMMERCE

CREATING A SYSTEM THAT RENEWS ITSELF
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AN ETHIC OF THE LAND

WORKING WITHIN NATURE'S SYSTEM
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REVERENCE

CAPACITY FOR AWE
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REALISM

KNOWLEDGE TO MANAGE WITH WISDOM
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RESTRAINT

USE WITH CARE
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REFERENCES

  • Ursula Goodenough, The Sacred Depths of Nature
  • Paul Hawken, The Ecology of Commerce
  • Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac
  • E. O. Wilson, The Creation
  • Paul Woodruff, Reverence
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LEARN UP!

A VISUAL COMMUNICATION FROM
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Barry Casey

www.danteswoods.wordpress.com