580 B.C - 500 B.C Reverent Guests of Nature (China)

A sense that the human body, the state, heaven, and earth “all exhibit the same reciprocal processes and are parts of a single whole.

1543 Nature As Machine (EU)

God's construction was so flawless that once he had set it going, there was nothing he needed to do other than let it run its course.

1544Recovering Dominion (EU)

The Christian conception of nature, therefore, was based on a belief that man's authority over the natural world had once been absolute.

1546 Dominion Over Nature (EU)

This root metaphor provided a theological and moral justification for humanity to exploit the natural world ceaselessly without concern for any intrinsic value it might otherwise have.

1650 Honorable Harvest (Potawatomi Nation)

Harvest in a way that minimizes harm. Take only what you need and leave some for others. Reciprocate the gift. Sustain the ones who sustain you, and the Earth will last forever.

17 - 19 century Truly To Command The World (EU)

Nature was their common enemy to be conquered.

Early 19 century Tree As Indivisibly United (Martin Buber)

Tree is everything, picture and movement, species and type, law and number, indivisibly united in this event.

19 century The wisest of teachers (Walt Whitman)

Trees speak to the mind, and tell us many things, and teach us many good lessons.

Early 21 century Life Is Digital Information (EU)

Life is just bytes and bytes and bytes of digital information.

2017 Nature As A Part of Ourselves (Robin Wall Kimmerer)

Our participation in, and dependence upon, natural increase. We tend to respond to nature as a part of ourselves, not a stranger or alien available for exploitation.

2020 A Community Of A Shared Future (China)

Mankind has only one earth to live on, and countries have only one world to share.