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ECOCIDE, CHANGE OR DISAPPEAR

 A TOOL TO WORK ON THE QUESTION OF INTERDEPENDENCE AT THE CORE OF LIFE PRESENTED IN

10 TOPICS

Each theme starts from a stimulating situation and links the concepts addressed. You will find pedagogical tools to discover the theme, as well as to take action and participate in the modifications.

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TOPIC 1
HOW CAN WE RECONCILE OUR ECONOMIC MODELS AND LIMITED PLANETARY RESOURCES?

• Growth rate
• Gross domestic product - GDP
• Planetary boundaries
• Ecological footprint
• Depletion of resources
• Gross National Happiness GNH
• Sustainable harmony

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TOPIC 2
IS THE ANTHROPOCENE
DUE TO HUMAN NATURE OR OUR CULTURE?

• Anthropocene
• Human enslavement
• Free will
• Technology ethics
• Human nature VS Human culture
• Politicising environmental crises
• Individual and universal responsibility

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TOPIC 3
COULD AN ECOLOGICAL IMBALANCE LEAD TO IRREVERSIBLE CHANGE?

• Earth System
• Physical, biological and chemical destruction
• Planetary boundaries
• Tipping points
• Amplification phenomena
• Change or disappear

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TOPIC 4
WHICH FAMILY DO HUMANS THINK THEY BELONG TO?

• Hominid species
• Cartesian dualism Nature - Mind
• Domination and Exploitation
• Anthropocentrism
• Place of humans
• Interdependence
• Planetary family

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TOPIC 5
AFTER OUR ADOLESCENCE REBELLION, DOES THE HOPE OF HARMONY FOLLOW?

• Pathological adolescence
• Westernisation
• Interdependence
• Our relationship with time
• Transhumanism
• Coexistence
• Developing consciousness
• Holistic revolution

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TOPIC 6
I FEEL,
THEREFORE I AM ? EVOLUTION OF NEW IDEAS,
FROM DESCARTES
TO THE PRESENT DAY

• Cartesian approach
• Animal machine theory
• Evolution of thought and science until the 21st century
• Anthropocentrism and other POV
• Shared fundamental interests
• Human ethics
• Sentient beings

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TOPIC 7
ARE WE FREE TO SHIFT THE PARADIGM OR MUST WE BE SLAVES TO THE SYSTEM?

• Culture
• Conformity and submission
• Competition
• Educational system
• Collaboration and mutual aid
• Ecocentric views
• Regenerative economy
• Paradigm shift

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TOPIC 8
WHAT'S THE STATUS OF ECOCIDE TODAY ?

• Destruction
• Justice
• Non-human legal person
• Rights of Nature
• Comparison to genocide
• Crime of ecocide

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TOPIC 9
IS OUR SOCIETY
HYPER-CONNECTED OR COMPLETELY DISCONNECTED?

• Hyper-(dis)connected society
• Solastalgia - Eco-anxiety
• Becoming more connected with oneself and the world
• Emotions
• Compassion
• Wisdom (interdependent awareness)
• Mindfulness and meditation
• Reconnecting

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TOPIC 10
CAN WE BREAK THE RULES IF A LAW IS ILLEGITIMATE?

• Pathological adolescence
• Westernisation
• Interdependence
• Our relationship with time
• Transhumanism
• Coexistence
• Developing consciousness
• Holistic revolution

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