Mareh Makom

Environment

• Environment: between subduing nature and guarding creation – the primal tension that shapes our world
  Were we given a mandate to rule over nature, or are we ourselves part of it, forbidden from destroying it?
  Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth and subdue it,
• Environment: A journey into the wild soul we lost among the towers
  What happens to the human soul when it disconnects from the earth and shuts itself up in boxes?
  And you will know that you have returned to yourself, for in ignoring nature, you ignored yourself.
• Environment: How others shape our identity and our choices
  Do we truly choose who we are, or does our environment choose for us?
  It is human nature for a person to be drawn in their views and actions after their friends and companions, and to follow the customs of the people of their land.
• Environment: when private interest sinks the shared boat
  What happens when my personal freedom turns into a weapon against all of us?
  What do you care? Am I not drilling beneath myself?
• Environment: When ethics expands beyond humanity to the biotic community
  Does nature have an independent right to exist, or does it exist solely for humanity?
  A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.