Title: Interconnectedness: an Overlooked Solution to the Environmental Crisis – IONS
Headings: Interconnectedness: an Overlooked Solution to the Environmental Crisis
Interconnectedness: an Overlooked Solution to the Environmental Crisis
The Illusion of Separation
How the Illusion of Separation Has Fueled the Environmental Crisis
Embodying Interconnectedness: an Overlooked Solution
How Embodying Interconnectedness Can Address the Environmental Crisis
A New Way of Being

Content: Take educating girls, for example. At first glance, it’s not obvious how educating girls can address the environmental crisis. But educating girls gives them more autonomy over their reproductive health, provides them with the tools to obtain a higher standard of living, and presents opportunities for them to contribute more to the well-being of their communities, including the ecosystems there. As a result, girls have fewer babies who are healthier and equipped to be agents of change in their communities. Given that over 60 million girls around the world today do not have access to education, it’s easy to see how limiting opportunities for them has had disastrous results for our communities and the Earth. Embodying interconnectedness means relating to social justice and environmental justice as one interrelated issue. As Kenny Ausubel, founder of Bioneers, says, “Taking care of nature means taking care of people, and taking care of people means taking care of nature.” A New Way of Being
Recognizing the interconnectedness of all life is just the beginning. We must dedicate a lifetime to practice embodying it so that we see our well-being as integrally tied up with the well-being of the Earth. The Earth is alive and a part of us, just as we are alive and a part of it.