Category: Green issues (Page 10 of 16)

Quotations quiz

Who said the following?

1) ‘It is now apparent that the ecological pragmatism of the so-called pagan religions… was a great deal more realistic in terms of conservation ethics than the more intellectual monotheistic philosophies of the revealed religions.’

2) … Read the rest

The whale as kami

Japan has acquired an ugly reputation for its duplicitous, cruel and government-subsidised whale hunting, together with the subsequent feeding of contaminated meat to schoolchildren and others.  Australia has currently taken it to the world court about the ludicrous claim to … Read the rest

Ways of seeing

 

Alan Watts this week has been talking about the limitations of the brain in processing reality (a lecture entitled ‘Seeing through the net’).  The brain works in ways that are reductionist, ‘digital’ and linear.  Reality comes in waves, vibrations … Read the rest

ICOMOS support

The United Nations advisory body, ICOMOS, has given its support to the campaign to preserve Tokyo’s last street view of sacred Mt Fuji, known as Nippori Fujiimizaka.  This is connected to the forthcoming World Heritage status of Fuji, due to … Read the rest

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