The Problem
One of the major fundamental problems of the current economic system is its relationship to Ecology. What has been forgotten or not considered, is that both the words 'ecology' and 'economy' have their origins in the same word: the Greek word 'οἴκος' - which means 'house'. The ecology is the study of the house, or the environment - where ecology studies what conditions and principles require to be in place in an environment for species to flourish in it. Economy, then is the management of the house or the environment. Knowing this, we would expect that both work very closely together and that, economics is in service of ecology - because what's the use of managing the environment if it's not in service of making sure that the conditions and principles in place are those that provide optimal support?
Though - in today's world, the opposite happens - the
economy is seen to be more important than ecology. It's okay to try to
establish an optimal environment, but only in so far as it does not harm the
economy. Whaaaaat?! That's, like, the world in reverse. And then the
environment is attempted to be valued in economic terms by placing a price on
it - instead of looking at the basic value of a forest in terms of what its
role is within the ecosystem that we all benefit from.
The Solution
In EMC - we place everything back in its rightful place -
where first the conditions and principles are studied in terms of what is
required to be in place for the environment and in an environment for species
to flourish together as part of the same ecosystem - the same house. In this,
we look at all the different kinds of environments - like nature, like a
family, like your human physical body, like a school, like a company like a
community. Once those conditions and principles have been identified, we can
look at how to manage the resources the Earth provides in a way to satisfy
these conditions and principles. The same approach will be applied for all Life
- not only the human species - because animals for instance form part of an
ecosystem and a balanced ecosystem is the one that is most supportive.
So studies like ecology, physics, sociology, education,
psychology will form the basis of economics and not the other way around -
where today, economics determines science in terms of what is currently being
researched as that which is the most profitable.
Rewards
The idea that humans are more than the environment will be
disengaged, as we will realize that both require to support each other if we're
going to attempt to effectively share the same planet. The human, then, will
transform from a parasite to an expression of Life.
Living within supportive environments will allow us to
flourish as individuals, as communities, as a species, able to explore and
expand ourselves to reach our full potential as a part of Life on Earth.
We will no longer have to break our heads about how to
mitigate all the damaging effects of our economy and feel guilty about passing
on our mess to the next generation - because we will bring children into a
world that is already effective, that is already balanced, that is already
equipped to adequately support itself and them.
Most problems that are created as a consequence of
inadequacies within environments will be eliminated. This means - an extensive
reduction in health problems, an extensive reduction of stress and midlife
crises as a result of counter-supportive work-environments, an extensive
reduction of psychological problems, an extensive reduction of extinctions of
animal species, an extensive reduction of abuse in families - because within
correcting the foundational problems within all kinds of environments, we
eliminate the root causes of much of the dysfunctional behaviors on a physical,
social and psychological level that we are faced with today.
