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