In search of of ecological disaster

A approach to the relationship between environment and civilization , the challenges the functioning of human psychism and its possible dysfunctions , as the primary cause of damage to nature .

It poses a fundamental question , so far neglected by the scientific world : why do the artefacts generated by our intelligence too often exceed our own adaptation capabilities and those of other living species ? Why do [these artifacts][artifacts] seem to us even though they are incompatible with the requirements of the natural environment , which depends on our survival ? There is a biological or philosophical contradiction that deserves clarification.

Once clearly stated, these questions pave the way for a radically new vision of the relationship between man and the global ecosystem . Each human activity must be reconsidered not only as to its environmental consequences, but also as to its reasons for : does it respond to a true or false need ? What is the origin of this false need? Does he question human nature in itself, or rather its culture-induced avatars ?

Traditional ecology focuses on environmental degradation processes and their material causes. She has little interest in the psychological or even les-facteurs-psychopathologiques that are their roots. However, this is where the fundamental key to any durables reform can be found in environmental protection.

Historical Bases of Ecopsychology

Paul Shepard is a pioneer of the and the ecopsychology . He launched the discussion on the interaction between human psychology and environmental destructive behaviour. For him, eco-suicidal habits take root in a “ ontogenic paralysis ” that develops from the moment of the invention of agriculture, a pivotal point where civilization thought it could cut itself off from natural habitat . Human ecogenetique goes back up in the chain of potential causalities : here it is a matter of decrypting the changes in psychic functioning that have pushed our ancestors and still push us to each of the destructive behaviors of the environment, whose ascension of agriculture was only a first symptom. Then it remains to elucidate the precise causes of these changes , as well as the vicious circles that they have generated and which today threaten the biosphere.

The ecological problem as a whole is intimately linked to the functioning of human psychism . [Inventivity][inventivity], desir , will , illusion , extrapolation , fascination , occultation , dependance , , sloth , avidity , fear , lachete , conformism, mal-being , depression , nevrose , paranoia , perversion : all these aspects are involved in our behaviors and were already undoubtedly in those of our ancestors . They determine each interaction between man and his environment and are subject to all kinds of deregulation .

Why do we feel for example the resources of the planet a priori as infinite and inexhaustible ? What are the inconscient engines underlying our dependence on consumerism and its contagion force ? Does the demographic explosion result from man’s natural instincts or from a deviation of these instincts ? Where do the forces come from that always find men determined to continue an action that is known to threaten the future of the planet ?

Starting Hypothesis

The question is finally whether the psychic functioning that underlies each of our inventions and behavioural changes is part of the natural functioning of human psychism , or whether it should be considered as a pathological aspect whose science would not yet have clearly pierced the mysteries or encapsulated the contours . In other words, is the origin of the planetary degradation to be sought in a real madness of man ? It would then remain to know where this madness begins and ends. And above all, what are the causes…

Here you will find the ecological first step that seeks to highlight reciprocal links between psychic dysfunctions and environmental degradation, in order to define sociocultural, behavioural, food and agricultural modalities compatible with the genetic data of the living world and with the happiness of the individual . It proposes a true revolution of thought and action .

You will be able to convince yourself by discovering the different pages of this site, each exhibiting another facet of this problem today vital .

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