21 STRENGTHS OF THE NEW SENSITIVE ECOEDUCATIONAL APPROACH
1. "ECOCOSMIC "ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE COSMOS IS THE CRADLE AND HOME OF EVERYTHING WE KNOW (AND THAT IT IS FILLED WITH ENERGY)
All that we know, all of nature as we perceive it and all that we are has been constructed from the matter and energy of the Cosmos. Because nothing is lost and nothing is created, "we are stardust" is a true and grandiose statement that connects us both to the infinitely large and to the infinitely small. The universe is actually a field unimaginable energy that quantum physics is just beginning to identify. Nothing stops at the borders of our planet Earth. In reality, it all starts there. In order to create an education for the child completely anchored in nature, the deep and radical ecology and the majestic and cosmic energy it contains, it is essential to remember that the Cosmos is the mother of all mothers and the one that gave birth to our galaxy and billions of other galaxies.
We are children of space, and Earth is simply our precious and vulnerable little spaceship. Remembering that the Cosmos is our great cradle also opens up to a spiritual thought of sublime span.
2. IS ANCHORED IN THE LAND WHICH IS THE REFUGE MILLIONS LIVE SPECIES
She recognizes that we share it with millions other living species and non-living matter and that each one is essential, interdependent and interrelated with others. Scientists also claim that there may still be as many as 100 million species that have not yet been discovered; however, the sixth mass extinction is well underway and is wiping out nearly 200 species every day.
The approach aims to develop through child education a deep connection to oneself but also with others (of all kinds). She wishes to awaken to multiples ties that bind us together in order to create a deep and lasting attachment early in childhood with the Earth and the Cosmos which is its cradle.
3. BE INSPIRED BY ANCESTRAL PRACTICES
Mankind, from its earliest form, is on Earth and lives with nature for about 100,000 years. Recognize that many root peoples still continue to live with a deep respect for the Earth and the elements, but also that a large number of them have been mutilated, uprooted, killed and victims of forced colonization. by the white human in his crusades and his fantasies marked by a deep lack of sensitivity, openness and awareness.
We certainly and radically have everything to learn, and with the greatest of humility and sensitivity, from those who are still there and who must fight to stay there and for their stories and cultures to be fully and sincerely recognized. Of those who have never forgotten the art of to live in harmony with nature and other living things on Earth. So much work remains to be done for the path of reconciliation necessary to be undertaken, but this work is urgent. We can't do it without them. We cannot reinvent the waves and the tides or even the stars, but we can relearn how to marvel at them.
4. DEPLOYS IN AN ECOSYSTEM MANNER
All of the elements in nature are actually interrelated with others through a multitude of physical, energetic and quantum links and connections that unite them through a multitude of ecosystems. In this sense, the ecosystem vision makes it possible to see beyond things and elements to put the emphasis and the importance on the relations which exist one towards the other. This way of perceiving the world is essential to the approach and the only one capable of really creating new bases. which truly take into account all the players present.
We can no longer create systems flat and monocentric. We can no longer create on the backs of others and of nature with the interest of a minority at the center. Likewise, the ecosystem vision allows for the creation of dynamic, inclusive and creative systems that rely on the solid establishment of links between individuals, plants and the animal world, for the good of all parties.
5. IS DEEPLY SENSITIVE AND SENSORY
Sensitivity is the basis of life, and I think it is in the cosmological foundations of the great whole. It allows the synergistic and healthy development of ecosystems but also the human neuronal development (which depends primitive neurological reflexes which depend on sensory stimulation). In this sense, the senses (touching, seeing, tasting, smelling, hearing and more) are actually portals of exploration, development and connection to oneself and to the world around us. Sensitivity makes it work senses and develop neural connections by enabling the development of motor, emotional and cognitive of the child. Also, it allows to the synergy of activating within ecosystems, which are filled with actors interacting with each other, whether large or small. The sensitive eco-educational approach aims, by putting sensitivity at the heart of our actions, the adaptation to the transformations and challenges underway on Earth and for all the inhabitants who live there: humans, animals, plants, insects, etc. and this is only possible by replacing all the value of the sensitivity and the sensory in our lives.
Sensitivity to small things is necessary for establishing sensitivity to big things and all that is created between and through them.
Thus mindfulness but also benevolence, compassion, love or even organization synergies are impossible without sensitivity, without this ability to adapt to what is there, around you.
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"We can't wait any longer to reestablish our relationship with Earth, because right now the Earth and its inhabitants
are in real danger. "
Thich Nhat Hanh
In his book "We are the Earth: the human being at the heart of ecology",
new edition 2021 Robert Laffont
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