The most disruptive innovations at the vanguard of our sustainable future are not crisis-fixing solutions but, rather, reality-changing thought systems and worldviews that reshape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship to the world we live in. Thought precedes action and form. So to change behaviors and conditions in the physical world, there must first be a change in the unseeable but knowable world of thoughts and beliefs. The 20th century was shaped by philoso- phies of duality, separation, and competition. The way forward, the era of sustainability, is rooted in a worldview of oneness, awareness, and interde- pendence. It’s what the environmental economist Pamela Peeters, the eco–golden girl of the 21st century, describes as eco-consciousness and a bal- ancing of male and female energies. Peeters, an internationally esteemed environmental economist and artist, is known as one of the most influential women in the green and social economy. Peeters began her career as an envi- ronmental economist and sustainability expert in the world of politics and international NGOs. In 2000 she made a decision to focus solely on mainstream sustainable development. Since then she has launched the lifestyle television series Our Planet and Styling the New World. She has also written two books, Urban Ecology and Eco Hero. Her 2010 exhibition during Art Basel Miami Beach, titled “After the Storm,” focused on raising awareness of the true position humanity has within the holistic life cycle of our planet. “My dedication goes toward the Gaian philosophy, and I believe that only through shamanistic introspection and a connection with our high selves, we will survive as a species,” she said. This past year Peeters launched the first ever Sustainability Week in New York City. We met with Peeters to learn more about her worldview, the climate of change, and how she’s styling a sustainable future. WHITEWALL: Tell me about how you are styling the new world. PAMELA PEETERS: I’m a woman of my time. The last section in my book Eco Hero is my ecological manifesto. I’m inviting women to have a smart, sensual, healthy, connected life with Earth. It’s about feeling good, doing good, opening and embracing our consciousness. Once we have that key and turn it around within our world and within ourselves, that is when we have a sustainable society. WW: You mentioned that it is the time of the feminine. What do you see as the imperative for women right now? PP: My message to women is to be in your own truth and own it. Claim your power for you and for the welfare of others. It is time for the female energy and feminine power to rise up and balance out with the male energy of the world. More women are working, which means more DESIGN FRONTIERS: PAMELA PEETERS ON CHANGING THOUGHT SYSTEMS COLUMN WHITEWALL 60 BY LAUREN ZAHRINGER, PORTRAIT BY TIMUR YORK are making decisions, participating, and so there are more female voices. How can we show up to life and share our truest voice? How can we support each other? I’m living in ecstasy, and feel more expansive each day. I’m not unique. I’m just awakened. I want to give that torch to others. WW: How can we proactively participate in creating a sustainable world? PP: You have to go into an experience to have it. You can’t just keep fantasizing, because then you stay on the sidelines. So I ask, do we want to be a loving society? If so, let’s go. If we would live in a sustainable society right now, not just work toward it, but be in it now, what would that look like? Let’s put our energy on being it, focus on knowing what we want and then be it right now. WW: What projects are you working on now? PP: Just this week I’ve been invited to go to Colombia for a new UNESCO TV project. In this first trip I will meet my other colleagues for the project and we will visit with a pre-Columbian community, two of their Shamans, and their Oracle, who is a woman. I want to learn about their prophecies and relationship with the Earth and bring back and share the knowledge they give me about the current state of the Earth and what needs to be done next in order to protect her ecosystems. I don’t know what to expect, but I’m sure it is going to be a once-in-a-life-time opportunity. All images: Courtesy of Pamela Peeters
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Aug 18, 2015
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The most disruptive innovations at the vanguard of our sustainable future are not crisis-fixing solutions but, rather, reality-changing thought systems and worldviews that reshape our understanding of ourselves and our relationship to the world we live in. Thought precedes action and form. So to change behaviors and conditions in the physical world, there must first be a change in the unseeable but knowable world of thoughts and beliefs. The 20th century was shaped by philoso-phies of duality, separation, and competition. The way forward, the era of sustainability, is rooted in a worldview of oneness, awareness, and interde-pendence. It’s what the environmental economist Pamela Peeters, the eco–golden girl of the 21st century, describes as eco-consciousness and a bal-ancing of male and female energies. Peeters, an internationally esteemed environmental economist and artist, is known as one of the most influential women in the green and social economy. Peeters began her career as an envi-ronmental economist and sustainability expert in the world of politics and international NGOs. In 2000 she made a decision to focus solely on mainstream sustainable development. Since then she has launched the lifestyle television series Our Planet and Styling the New World. She has also written two books, Urban Ecology and Eco Hero. Her 2010 exhibition during Art Basel Miami Beach, titled “After the Storm,” focused on raising awareness of the true position humanity has within the holistic life cycle of our planet. “My dedication goes toward the Gaian philosophy, and I believe that only through shamanistic introspection and a connection with our high selves, we will survive as a species,” she said. This past year Peeters launched the first ever Sustainability Week in New York City. We met with Peeters to learn more about her worldview, the climate of change, and how she’s styling a sustainable future.
WHITEWALL: Tell me about how you are styling the new world.
PAMELA PEETERS: I’m a woman of my time. The last section in my book Eco Hero is my ecological manifesto. I’m inviting women to have a smart, sensual, healthy, connected life with Earth. It’s about feeling good, doing good, opening and embracing our consciousness. Once we have that key and turn it around within our world and within ourselves, that is when we have a sustainable society.
WW: You mentioned that it is the time of the feminine. What do you see as the imperative for women right now?
PP: My message to women is to be in your own truth and own it. Claim your power for you and for the welfare of others. It is time for the female energy and feminine power to rise up and balance out with the male energy of the world. More women are working, which means more
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are making decisions, participating, and so there are more female voices. How can we show up to life and share our truest voice? How can we support each other? I’m living in ecstasy, and feel more expansive each day. I’m not unique. I’m just awakened. I want to give that torch to others.
WW: How can we proactively participate in creating a sustainable world?
PP: You have to go into an experience to have it. You can’t just keep fantasizing, because then you stay on the sidelines. So I ask, do we want to be a loving society? If so, let’s go. If we would live in a sustainable society right now, not just work toward it, but be in it now, what would that look like? Let’s put our energy on being it, focus on knowing what we want and then be it right now.
WW: What projects are you working on now?
PP: Just this week I’ve been invited to go to Colombia for a new UNESCO TV project. In this first trip I will meet my other colleagues for the project and we will visit with a pre-Columbian community, two of their Shamans, and their Oracle, who is a woman. I want to learn about their prophecies and relationship with the Earth and bring back and share the knowledge they give me about the current state of the Earth and what needs to be done next in order to protect her ecosystems. I don’t know what to expect, but I’m sure it is going to be a once-in-a-life-time opportunity.
All images: Courtesy of pamela peeters
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