nature's role in sustainability
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This is a PowerPoint for a presentation I gave recently at CNU21, the annual gathering of the Congress for New Urbanism, in Salt Lake City. I was honored to serve on a panel presentation titled "Urbanism and the Land," with Susan Mudd of CNU and Laura Hanson of the Jordan River Commission. This presentation was intended to share with urban planners my expression of Nature's Role in Sustainability, and to outline my framework for what Father Thomas Berry called Earth Jurisprudence. He called on the legal profession to "articulate the conditions for the integral functioning of the Earth process." My Evolutionary Law framework describes the elements of the Earth process, including The Rights of Nature, sustainable Rights to Nature, Biopilia, Biomimicry, Cooperation, and Coherence (Quantum and Ecological). When those elements are implemented in a synergistic way, they lead to greater Biodiversity, Natural Resilience and Natural Happiness (indicators of the Integral Functioning of the Earth Process).TRANSCRIPT
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Urbanism And The Land
Nature’s Role In Sustainability
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“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
- Albert Einstein
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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
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The Earth Process
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Why Rights Of Nature?
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Problems vs. Predicaments
Problems Have Fixes Predicaments Require A Mindset Shift
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Nature Deficit DisorderIs The Cause of the Earth
Community’s Predicament
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Rights Come From Existence
Thomas Berry, “The Great Work”
“The most absurd thing in modern times is the idea that only humans
have rights.”
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The Animals Have Rights
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The Birds Have Rights
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The Pollinators Have Rights
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The Trees Have Rights
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The River Has Rights
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Beyond Ethics and Morality
Nature Will Restore Equilibrium With Us Or Without Us
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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
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Santa Monica Rights of Nature Ordinance
Pittsburgh Rights of Nature Ordinance
Cities Are Starting To Make The Connection
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Sustainable Rights To Nature
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Nature Is Our Habitat
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Violate The Rights Of Nature
Some Uses Of Nature
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Fracking Threatens Land Use Controls
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Biophilia
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Biophilia is the “connections that human beings subconsciously seek with the rest of life.”
Harvard Biologist E. O. Wilson
What Is Biophilia?
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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
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Green Everything
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Emerging Biophilic Cities
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What Would Nature Do?
Biomimicry
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Green Infrastructure Is Biomimicry
The Basics: Rain Gardens
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From Mushroom Communities
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To Portland’s Eco-Districts
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Cities Focused On Biodiversity
Chicago WildernessPortland Intertwine Alliance
Bay Area Biomimicry NetworkVancouver Greenest City 2020
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U.N. Warns Of World Without Water
Quote from UN Secretary General on Urban Water Shortages
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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
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Nature is a system based on cooperation, not competition. Cellular Biologist, Bruce Lipton, Ph.D., Author of “Spontaneous Evolution”
Cooperation
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“Nature has an inherent order, and we damage our communities and ourselves if we don’t learn to live
within it.” Jordan River Commission
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Ecological coherence is an essential condition for healthy ecosystems. European Commission on Green Infrastructure
Ecological Coherence
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When We Are In Nature We Experience Coherence
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Challenges of Habitat Preservation
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Reconnecting Habitat Zones
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Public – Private Partnerships
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Conservation Easements
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Protect Habitat Wherever You Can
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Daytime on Boulder’s Open Space
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Nighttime on Boulder’s Open Space
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Natural Resilience
Healing Nature Deficit Disorder
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Biodiversity Is Nature’s Resilience
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Serenity In Nature
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SuddenlyNatureResets
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Who’s Going To Clean Up This Mess?
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Nature’s Volunteers Will
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New Forests Emerge
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Animals Return
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Natural Happiness
The Pursuit Of
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When Nature Is Happy
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People Are Happy
Boulder Rated Happiest Community In The U.S.
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Accountability
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Synergy
Our Primary Task: Create The Conditions For
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"The universe is a communion of subjects,not a collection of objects.”
Thomas Berry
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“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”Albert Einstein
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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”
Rumi