“We take for granted that microbes, plants, animals, and human beings are alive. Yet we find it impossible to understand organisms without including their relation to the environment—to what we normally think of as being “outside of them.” Our view of life expands when we move from the idea of organism and environment to an understanding of organisms in and through environment. Then our concept of life grows to encompass what we see as centered in the organism as well as the organism’s contextual relations. Life does not end at what we conventionally conceive of as the “boundaries” of an organism. A pathway opens up to apprehending the earth as alive.”
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A talk by Craig Holdrege, Founder and Director of The Nature Institute in Harlemville, NY
