Comments on: Exclusive to Transition Culture. Fritjof Capra on Relocalisation – an Interview.

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By: Makotokan / Sustainable Development

Makotokan / Sustainable Development — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 17:35:03 +0000

[...] From an interview with Fritjof Capra (who wrote The Tao of Physics), over at Transition Culture. Highly recommended. [...]

By: sam

sam — Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:54:44 +0000

Thank you! I felt the same…more of Capra’s writings(preferably) his current project or activities will be inspiring and much welcomed.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Thu, 11 May 2006 02:26:21 +0000

Excellent, Rob. A lovely intimation that a better life awaits and we already know what it needs to look like. Thank you!

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By: Pablo

Pablo — Wed, 10 May 2006 21:48:14 +0000

This is great. I read Tao of Phyiscs in 10th grade and it blew my mind away. Had no idea he was still writing. Just great.

By: Bob Andrew

Bob Andrew — Wed, 10 May 2006 10:03:54 +0000

Excellent article-cannot wait for the second installment. I think Fritjof Capra is one of the greatest thinkers of our time. His messages are so simple and with some effort, and more importantly some paradigm shifts, not that difficult to apply to real situations, if only we would listen. What fascinates me is that his ideas are ‘universal’-they can be applied to all situations where human beings live, work, play and grow.

By: David Roberts

David Roberts — Wed, 10 May 2006 06:31:33 +0000

This is fantastic.

By: Liam

Liam — Wed, 10 May 2006 02:15:03 +0000

Great stuff, thanks much. I’d agree that ecological education is essential to a sustainable civilisation, and would be grateful for any links to material for child or adult ed using the principles outlined above.

We have learning moments popping their heads up all over the place (biodiversity loss, PT overcrowding, petrol prices, allergies, …), ‘all’ we have to do is get them talked about within an ecological rather than just an economic or anthropocentric frame, and i believe near everyone can see the problems and have much more coherent arguments about solutions; the development of many very mainstream peak oilers into comprehensive ecological depletionists might be demonstration of that.
How to do it more broadly without swamping or stampeding people is a little bit tricky..

By: sustainablog

sustainablog — Wed, 10 May 2006 00:40:56 +0000

Fritjof Capra on Relocalization: An Interview

From Transition Culture via Energy Bulletin, a short but fascinating interview with “green thinker” Fritjof Capra.

By: BeBo

BeBo — Tue, 09 May 2006 15:19:23 +0000

Fantastic interview Rob… but not loooong enough. Capra’s thoughts are like food for the starving soul. And this soul yearns for more. It seems there are two basic models of getting things done in the world. One is through coercion and punishment to get one wants (might makes right and various forms of organized violence) — this gets immediate results but generates both short and long term problems — and the second is through positive incentives and rewards and concern for the future — this takes a lot of energy up front (education, cooperation, planning and building self-reinforcing systems, etc.) but its end result has a much higher probability of a planet filled with happy survivors.

Looking forward to reading the next installment on Capra.