Problem

Decline of human relationship to nature


Experimental visualization of narrower problems
Other Names:
Disruption of biological rhythms
Disconnection of people from the rhythms of nature
Separation of people from biological rhythms
Loss of contact with nature
Psychic alienation of humanity from nature
Spirit-nature dualism
Estrangement from nature
Loss of psychological balance with nature
Nature:

If we go to the root of the present ecological crisis we will find a state of disconnection. We appear frighteningly disconnected from real awareness of the effects of our materialistic culture upon the very ecosystem that supports us. The challenge is to develop a value-based economic structure, that is not concerned solely with our material well-being, but embraces the whole human being – body and spirit – as well as the rich biodiversity of the Earth.

Incidence:

The accelerated time frames of industrialized societies separate people from the rhythms of nature, distancing them from the periodicities that make up the many physiological time worlds of the biosphere. Humanity has developed an artificial time environment governed by mechanical contrivances and electronic impulses. This linear form of time is quantitative, fast-paced, efficient and predictable.

Broader Problems:
Decline
Disruption
Separation
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
GOAL 10: Reduced Inequality
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
08.02.2022 – 06:19 CET