Could we turn the 2020s into ‘The Regenerative Decade’? Welcome to a new series of talks about what that could imply. We talk ecology, deep adaptation, grief, compassion and passion, connecting with nature, resilience, revitalisation, restoration, revolution… – the bigger picture, in other word.The aspiration of this series is to share understandings, observations and ways of thinking that could help us discover a renewed sense of direction and meaningful vision for the lives we live and the causes we fight for on this fragile planet we call home.

Our guest in the second episode of ‘Regenerative Hours’ is Dr Geoff Berry for a talk about our relationship with nature, the search for 21st century ethics, and the concept of “being at home in the universe”. 

Holistic vision guiding the movement “We need both the global civil disobedience and the small, local, even ‘inner’ work – the loud and the quiet. It’s possible, in fact, to have an entirely holistic vision guiding the movement in this direction,” says Geoff, who does a lot of this kind of work. He publishes some of it at his website, www.naturecalling.org

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Changing our thinking

Dr Geoff Berry’s film ‘Climate Science and Urban Planning’ explores new ways of adapting global society to the limits of nature, seeking the wisdom of Australian Aboriginal elders as well as climate scientists, leaders in renewable energy and urban planners.

First episode in the “City Living, Nature Calling” documentary series – www.naturecalling.org/film

‘City Living, Nature Calling’ was created, written and presented by Dr Geoff Berry. It features interviews with climate scientist Professor Will Steffen and environmental urban planner Professor Barbara Norman.

It is part of what is going to become a first-ever ecomythic documentary series.

This first film in the series explores the way modern societies have developed out of the agricultural and industrial revolutions, distancing us from close contact and identification with the more-than-human natural world.

Dr Geoff Berry is the Australian representative to the International Ecopsychology Society.

He explains on his home page:“People naturally love their homes and want to protect their lifestyles. But modern life has gotten out of balance and we know we need to adapt to the ecological limits of the earth. In evolutionary terms, humanity spent most of its cultural history in close contact with the more-than-human nature all around us. But nowadays, the city has become our natural environment. Shifting our ‘homes’ from nature to cities fundamentally changes our thinking – and this is what leads us to the precipice of the ecological crisis.

Making cities more ecologically sustainable is possible but we need to explore how to do this. Nature Calling presents our challenges in clear language and places the current crisis in evolutionary context. This results in a fascinating and novel ‘ecological history’ of humanity, including an overview of the way the agricultural revolution promoted a way of thinking about the earth as a set of resources (or objects) rather than a home filled with extended kin (or subjects). We live in a world where this tendency has been increased exponentially by the fossil fuel power of the industrial revolution.

Today,