Richard I have been led to your writing this morning via a LinkedIn post and I find what you are writing fascinating. I have not yet had time to delve into more than one or two of your essays so please forgive my question. I was scanning for references to our non-human kin in your work and how working also in their best interests is woven into your different kind of future? Can you point me to where you write about this in your essays and your book. Many thanks.
Thank you for this thoughtful question. You’re right that the future I describe in Birthing the Symbiotic Age is not just about human-to-human relationships, but also about healing our rupture with the natural world. I often describe separation as fourfold: from God, from one another, from ourselves, and from creation itself.
In that sense, working in the best interests of our non-human kin is central to what I call “sacred design.” In the current book’s chapters on Living Systems, Loving Structures and Conscious Community Networks, I discuss how food, water, energy, and ecology are core community needs — not just resources, but relationships we must care for.
Here is the older version, available on Substack, on Nature's Web.
I may not always use the language of “non-human kin.” Still, the intent remains the same: a culture of reciprocity where human flourishing and the flourishing of creation are inextricably linked.
Richard I have been led to your writing this morning via a LinkedIn post and I find what you are writing fascinating. I have not yet had time to delve into more than one or two of your essays so please forgive my question. I was scanning for references to our non-human kin in your work and how working also in their best interests is woven into your different kind of future? Can you point me to where you write about this in your essays and your book. Many thanks.
Thank you for this thoughtful question. You’re right that the future I describe in Birthing the Symbiotic Age is not just about human-to-human relationships, but also about healing our rupture with the natural world. I often describe separation as fourfold: from God, from one another, from ourselves, and from creation itself.
In that sense, working in the best interests of our non-human kin is central to what I call “sacred design.” In the current book’s chapters on Living Systems, Loving Structures and Conscious Community Networks, I discuss how food, water, energy, and ecology are core community needs — not just resources, but relationships we must care for.
Here is the older version, available on Substack, on Nature's Web.
I may not always use the language of “non-human kin.” Still, the intent remains the same: a culture of reciprocity where human flourishing and the flourishing of creation are inextricably linked.
https://richardflyer.substack.com/p/natures-web-chapter-2-part-1
Many thanks Richard for your response. I will look forward to reading your book and the piece you recommend here.
I love this and will keep reading!