This is the only guide you need on how to save the world.
This may sound corny, but it’s not. You may think this is grade ‘A’ bologna . It is not.
If you’ve jumped around our website a bit, you’ll pick up our favorite statement: you are nature.
You are nature is a simple, yet potent, reminder to all of us that we are a part of this world ecosystem and not separate from it. The way we operate on the daily has us caught up in societal concerns, rather than the ecological. Our real, foundation “society” is ecology.
“Ecology is the science that studies the biota (living things), the environment, and their interactions.”
Wikipedia
We are ecology, operating within our own micro-environment of society.
Read more on the deets of our micro-ecology in this post about living in the matrix.
Macro and Micro
So, what does “micro-ecology” have to do with saving the world?
Well, it introduces the concept of micro vs. macro perspective and the importance of each. This sets-up the foundation for how to save the world.
The human species has a micro-ecology within the ecology of all species inhabiting the planet. What we do within our micro-ecology (society) effects the macro-ecology (the overall ecology). For example, by burning more fossil fuels, we are affecting the quality of our air and the environment of other species.
Therefore, if we are more care-full in how we operate our society, we will also be taking more care of the planet.
How can we concentrate this equation to make the most potent impact?
Focus on you.
Focus on your cells, organisms, bacteria, organs, neural pathways.
How do you save the world?
Save yourself.
You read it. Take this as your excuse to be selfish. Don’t mistake selfishness for narcissism. Being selfish means putting yourself before others. Narcissism is when your act of selfishness is at the sake of negatively affecting others. It is important to respect the autonomy of others as much as we respect our own.
So take care of you before you take care of anyone else. I mean, who else is here to take care of you? That’s rhetorical.
Our parents aren’t here to take care of us. Our parents are here to help us understand how to survive on this planet, and teach us the ways and norms upon it.
A critical missing element within most modern cultures is the “right of passage” in one’s youth. This is a defining moment in our growth as humans, for it marks the fact that we are sovereign beings.
We are each born onto this planet as a sovereign being. Remember that.
The Scorpions say it best: “There’s no one like YOU!”
