Community | August 04, 2011 | 13 comments

‪The Sacred Demise of Industrial Civilization

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s01D_Bt8mto

Vierotchka
Peak Moment 169: As a historian, Carolyn Baker has a keen eye for current events that are indicators of the collapse were seeing all around us. But she's also a psychologist concerned about how we personally navigate the turbulence and find meaning within it. The author of Sacred Demise: Walking the Spiritual Path of Industrial Civilizations Collapse, she describes the old story that isn't working anymore (humans are separate from nature), and the new story we must live by for real sustainability. Her Speaking Truth to Power website is a rich collection of articles reflecting both collapse and preparedness action. [www.carolynbaker.net]
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13 comments // ‪The Sacred Demise of Industrial Civilization // Video

  • artemis6
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      artemis6  

    • I noticed the old story did not work as a child ... and embraced the perennial philosophies ... Thank goodness , They always work .

    • 10 months ago
  • PressCore
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      PressCore  

    • What's so sacred about industrialism ? It's polluting, unaesthetic, and
      often shows little or no respect for the earth. Article voted up however.
      The Indian tribes had closer ties to the sacredness of the earth because
      they weren't industrialized. They believe God dwells in the mountain
      pastures, as do I. I prefer the Colorado Rockies or the Swiss Alps to any
      industrialization. Those places are sacred. One view of the Edelweiss
      in a mountain meadow will convince you of that.

    • 10 months ago
  • Vierotchka
  • good_stuff
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      good_stuff  
    • PressCore:

      The rise of industrial civilization is the reason that the Earth has so many people on it (See author Malthus).

      If we must live sustainably (i.e. not pulling anything out of the earth), then we need to get rid of several billion people.

    • 10 months ago
  • PressCore
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      PressCore  
    • Vierotchka:

      Solid article you posted here V. Last I heard the Edelweiss was the national
      flower of Switzerland. I mentioned that because when I return to Switzerland
      to live as a resident foreign alien, I hope to see some Edelweiss in person.
      Question for you: How do the Swiss compare with other countries in their
      willingness to harmonize their industry with nature ?

    • 10 months ago
  • PressCore
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      PressCore  
    • good_stuff:

      5 billion to be in the apprx. ball park. Without meaning to sound unsociable,
      I prefer to call them souls instead of merely people. It's horribly tragic that
      human life has become so cheap on this Earth, our host, that we've chosen
      to rid ourselves of others. That's how humans deal with pests, and vermin.
      They consider them a nuissance, and resort to extermination. Yes, we have
      to either accomodate 5 Billion people or sterilize them as if they were dogs
      and cats to be spayed/neutered. Until the rise of Big Oil, petrochemical
      fertilizers, diesel tractors, and Corporate farms where 1 man could feed
      1000 people, the world population has never exceeded 1-2 Billion people.
      The destruction of the South American rainforests to plant soybeans for
      export dollars to pay interest on national debts is the tragedy which has
      resulted from making scientificly researched industrialization our God.

    • 10 months ago
  • artemis6
  • jubal
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      jubal  

    • Payback is a bitch and this will increase people's sense of the sacredness of life and the extreme importance of united and interdependent communities at the grass roots level.

    • 10 months ago
  • Vierotchka
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      Vierotchka  

    • Apocalypse does not come from Latin, it comes from Ancient Greek ἀποκάλυψις (apokalupsis, “revelation”), from ἀπό (“away”) and καλύπτω (“I cover”).

    • 10 months ago
  • remanns
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