Friday, May 12, 2006

The value of spontaneous crazy experiences

"I remember in Tokyo, our car stopped unexpectedly. I found right there no building, but a small area of 'weeds', excitingly different from those in Norway. Consequently, I had a splendid time for a whole hour inspecting the strange weeds. Conclusion: teach children to value spontaneous crazy experiences - crazy because usually one would say, 'There is nothing there'". (Arne Næss, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education 5, 2000, pg 54).

Friday, May 5, 2006

Merely a strand in the web of life

"Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." (Chief Seattle)

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Love for the earth, eachother, and those that follow

“We seek a renewed stirring of love for the earth
We plead that what we are capable of doing is
Not always what we ought to do.
We urge that all people now determine
That a wide untrammeled freedom shall remain
To testify that this generation has love for the next.
If we want to succeed in that, we might show, meanwhile,

A little more love for this one, and for each other.”
(Nancy Newhall, This is The American Earth, 1961; taken from Deep Ecology, pg 118)