the 11th. Hour 第11小时
We are far beyond the planet now.
We're zooming around Mars and all of that exploration,
whichis marvelous. But it's not really affecting our attitudes.
I think our attitudes are based on selfishness...
...based on the economic situation we have ...
...based on the politics which we have.
I mean, those are the...How many governments in the world...
...have really taken the environmental crisis for what it is ?
Very few. Certainly not the United States.
The one thing, the key to our survival...and our taking over the planet was the human brain.
But because the human mind invented the concept of a future...we're the only animal on the
planet...
That actually was able to recognize...we could affect the future by what we do today.
We look ahead,recognize where the opportunities are...where the dangers lay,
and choose accordingly to survive. That was a great survival strategy of our species.
If the human mind threw us out of balance thousands of years ago...what changed in recent history?
In the last century, we've dramatically incresed our impact on planet Earth.
I think one of the reasons why it's so difficult for people to ger it...
That we've connected with nature and to even understand...the fundamentals of ecoliteracy...
is because it files in the face of the assumptions of our culture. Our culture is built on the
assumption that we are the superior life from on Earth.
...That we are separete from all other life forms. That we have been given dominion
over all other life forms. But even to think that we're separated from nature...
is somehow a thinking disorder. You can't be separated from nature. Why we think that
way is the interesting thing.What happens in the mind that likes to think that
it's separated from nature? Does that mean that the mind, or the human being,
think he's now more free?
We live in a humancreated environment...where it's very easy to think we'er different from
other creatures.
We're smart,we creat our own habitat, we don't need nature. It's the economy that's the
most important thing. And in focusing on the economy... I think we're forgotten these ancient
truths. These ancient wisdoms that kept us plugged into nature...and understanding that "Gee,
if we do somthing to offend the natural world ...we 'll pay a price for that. We have to treat
nature much more gently.That's the lesson that we've forgotten and that we're paying a price
for today."
