On the other hand, it is troubling that, when some
ecological movements defend the integrity of the environment, rightly demanding that certain limits be imposed on scientific research, they sometimes fail to apply those
same principles to human life.
S: To me, the guiding
principles of environmentalism or permaculture, which is
ecological design, are the
same as my guiding spiritual
principles: that everything is interconnected, that everything is alive and communicating, and that if we honor that, if we listen to what the natural world is telling us, if we observe what is being shown to us, then we have the power to work in harmony with nature instead of against nature.