There has been a propensity of people, over many years who have asked about the pronunciation of the name of our not-for-profit organization, ECO-Tours of Wisconsin Inc. (pronounced, EEECO) Not like ehco. Echo (EH-koh) has the root in the way that bats or whales navigate, yelling or yodeling up a ravine or from a ridge top, listening for an echo. Our organization is based on ecology, ECO meaning the complex webs of interaction that create our biosphere. It may seem like I am yelling into a ravine or hollow sometimes, or perhaps swinging from the rafters shouting down to the choir, from time to time but the essential qualities that I strive to make clear are those of the harmonics of our planet, the infinite webs of connection and the invisible forces and their harmonics that we can utilize to exact real and lasting change for the better.
We have recently seen the drop in protections for ecological quality that people called for in the early sixties in the United States of America, witnessed catastrophe after catastrophe rent upon the planet for nothing less than sheer greed and exploitation. Never will we return to a cultural place where world citizens shall have to echo-locate. The blindfold has come off, especially for those who have chosen to observe the stark reality instead of turning our heads away in fear shame and/or disgust. Technology has outstripped the ability of science to keep up with the destructive capacity of not only nuclear waste production, or chemical creation, storage and contamination, but the new horizons upon which billions are spent like fracking for oil and gas and the exploitation of tar sands and oil shale. The deck is stacked against sanity in all of these endeavors, but wealthy elites make their money in certain ways and they cannot afford to have their choices questioned.
We are no longer held captive by ancient maxims, subjugated without our knowledge or defined by two hundred, five-hundred or even two thousand year old strictures and definitions. We have the opportunity to understand why those rules were set, who stood to gain from them and the myriad ways that patriarchy and elitism drove the creation of our current belief system. We are entering an age of creation that has here to fore never been possible on this planet. The people who are peaceful and loving have the numbers and power to surround hate, forcing it to surrender. No longer must this just be a slogan on a banjo, the time has come for all of us, in unison, to call in the debt of centuries. Those who have criminally absconded with the wealth of nations, squandering the lives of billions, must be called out. Tried in the public eye, and be required to pay restitution for their grievous treatment of the Earth, her creatures and her people.
If we just shout that this is wrong, or that these folks should be made to pay, the sound will quickly die down and we might get some idea of where to go next, what obstructions are threatening our progress, but it is our feet on the ground, our organizing skills and our prowess as communicators that will make unity clear and by presenting a united front, speaking with one voice on these and other issues that will allow us to create real and meaningful change. I am experiencing a change in my own life and as a culture we need to grow into a new form to survive. My own life and experiences are but a microcosmic blip mimicking the grander scale. I have written on fractiles before. The relationship between realms is made plain by the phrase: "Ontogeny (the development of the individual organism) repeats phylogeny (the development of the species)." We are at a point along the developmental curve of a great spiral which has taken billions of years to come to. As this arc traces across the future, it will continue to expand exponentially. If we are to take back the birthright that we are entitled to, the power and control strategies of patriarchy and the oligarchy that flows from that belief system need to be eliminated.
We have recently seen the drop in protections for ecological quality that people called for in the early sixties in the United States of America, witnessed catastrophe after catastrophe rent upon the planet for nothing less than sheer greed and exploitation. Never will we return to a cultural place where world citizens shall have to echo-locate. The blindfold has come off, especially for those who have chosen to observe the stark reality instead of turning our heads away in fear shame and/or disgust. Technology has outstripped the ability of science to keep up with the destructive capacity of not only nuclear waste production, or chemical creation, storage and contamination, but the new horizons upon which billions are spent like fracking for oil and gas and the exploitation of tar sands and oil shale. The deck is stacked against sanity in all of these endeavors, but wealthy elites make their money in certain ways and they cannot afford to have their choices questioned.
We are no longer held captive by ancient maxims, subjugated without our knowledge or defined by two hundred, five-hundred or even two thousand year old strictures and definitions. We have the opportunity to understand why those rules were set, who stood to gain from them and the myriad ways that patriarchy and elitism drove the creation of our current belief system. We are entering an age of creation that has here to fore never been possible on this planet. The people who are peaceful and loving have the numbers and power to surround hate, forcing it to surrender. No longer must this just be a slogan on a banjo, the time has come for all of us, in unison, to call in the debt of centuries. Those who have criminally absconded with the wealth of nations, squandering the lives of billions, must be called out. Tried in the public eye, and be required to pay restitution for their grievous treatment of the Earth, her creatures and her people.
If we just shout that this is wrong, or that these folks should be made to pay, the sound will quickly die down and we might get some idea of where to go next, what obstructions are threatening our progress, but it is our feet on the ground, our organizing skills and our prowess as communicators that will make unity clear and by presenting a united front, speaking with one voice on these and other issues that will allow us to create real and meaningful change. I am experiencing a change in my own life and as a culture we need to grow into a new form to survive. My own life and experiences are but a microcosmic blip mimicking the grander scale. I have written on fractiles before. The relationship between realms is made plain by the phrase: "Ontogeny (the development of the individual organism) repeats phylogeny (the development of the species)." We are at a point along the developmental curve of a great spiral which has taken billions of years to come to. As this arc traces across the future, it will continue to expand exponentially. If we are to take back the birthright that we are entitled to, the power and control strategies of patriarchy and the oligarchy that flows from that belief system need to be eliminated.
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