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 ===ENERGY FLUX=== ===ENERGY FLUX===
  
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 I've been interested in the cycle of everything, from nature to industry and back to nature, through organic matter to ideas. The cycle of carbon, for instance, this elementary atom of every organic molecule, of sugar, of gas, of petroleum etc. Thanks to the work done by bacteria and plants, carbon passes through every process in nature. And thanks to these processes humans take the energy needed for their activities. We are basically //consumers//, compared to plants, who can be considered the //producers// of our global system. Here is a PDF I created on this thoughts: http://fietsenenbroodjes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/energy_cycles.pdf I've been interested in the cycle of everything, from nature to industry and back to nature, through organic matter to ideas. The cycle of carbon, for instance, this elementary atom of every organic molecule, of sugar, of gas, of petroleum etc. Thanks to the work done by bacteria and plants, carbon passes through every process in nature. And thanks to these processes humans take the energy needed for their activities. We are basically //consumers//, compared to plants, who can be considered the //producers// of our global system. Here is a PDF I created on this thoughts: http://fietsenenbroodjes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/energy_cycles.pdf
  
-**WASTE**+13/02/2012 **WASTE**
  
 A great deal of our civilization's crisis is how we based our system on mass production, mass consumption and  massive waste. And the way we relate to nature is an important aspect of this process. Along centuries, we relied on nature as our endless provider, we also have made fantastic discoveries and technological inventions. Yet we didn't learn to be efficient. More recently we have started to recycle things. But according to some experts, we are far from being sustainable as long as we stick with the concept of waste. "Sustainable" isn't good enough. We have to be as efficient as nature. We need to revert this process by re-using 100% of materials, with clean, fast, cheap methods.  A great deal of our civilization's crisis is how we based our system on mass production, mass consumption and  massive waste. And the way we relate to nature is an important aspect of this process. Along centuries, we relied on nature as our endless provider, we also have made fantastic discoveries and technological inventions. Yet we didn't learn to be efficient. More recently we have started to recycle things. But according to some experts, we are far from being sustainable as long as we stick with the concept of waste. "Sustainable" isn't good enough. We have to be as efficient as nature. We need to revert this process by re-using 100% of materials, with clean, fast, cheap methods. 
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 **HUMAN CULTURES** **HUMAN CULTURES**
  
-In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery.+In a further extension I believe the vicious cycle of consumption and waste is applied not only for materials, but as well for living beings, and even humans. Unless we re-think our system we will keep on wasting energy and maintaining the process of slavery. This research addresses all living beings in the planet.
  
 http://fietsenenbroodjes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/energy-slaves-working-24_7.jpg http://fietsenenbroodjes.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/energy-slaves-working-24_7.jpg
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 Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http://deoxy.org/meme/UNIVERSAL_DECLARATION_OF_THE_RIGHTS_OF_MOTHER_EARTH Based on the **Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth** (http://deoxy.org/meme/UNIVERSAL_DECLARATION_OF_THE_RIGHTS_OF_MOTHER_EARTH
 ) I'm working on the idea of humans becoming more useful for the environment, just as plants, funghi and bacteria. ) I'm working on the idea of humans becoming more useful for the environment, just as plants, funghi and bacteria.
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 Another interesting idea comes from [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, who studied the principle of AUTOPOIESIS within living organisms: http://www.oikos.org/mariotti.htm Another interesting idea comes from [[Humberto Maturana]], biologist and philosopher, who studied the principle of AUTOPOIESIS within living organisms: http://www.oikos.org/mariotti.htm
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   - Produce for the near and the far future   - Produce for the near and the far future
  
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 After this list I made up an exercise using the people at the groWorld research, for reflecting on human connections, which resulted in the following images. After this list I made up an exercise using the people at the groWorld research, for reflecting on human connections, which resulted in the following images.
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