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We all share a set of responsibilities for our sustainable natural human presence on Earth
Every human being is a unique manifestation of living nature. We consist of clustered molecules and a delicate ecosystem of millions of interacting microscopic entities that are our symbiotic life support. When we pollute our environment, we pollute ourselves, with all kinds of nasty consequences. Equally, disconnecting ourselves from our natural core values and corresponding responsibilities, produces all kinds of mental disorders. Mental disorders that produce all the problems in the human world today (competition, aggression, hunger, refugees, narcissism, suicides, negative stress, excessive consumerism, greed, social segregation, discrimination, etc).
To overcome this we need to:
- Acknowledge our shared (inter-human and institutional) responsibility for our core natural human values: integral health (physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, environmental), safety (including respect for each other and our natural environment), awareness (learning together), shared responsibility (seeing our sustainable existence as a co-creation, not a cost or financial liability) and fulfillment of our basic needs (water, air, food, warmth).
- Create prioritized local, interdisciplinary communities to address these core natural human values together.
- If none of the local silos takes the initiative, ask STIR for help. We can help set things up.

ME, I and ALL
UNI-ONE is an initiative of Laurent Ledoux and Moses Garelik from Brussels in Belgium. Here you can watch back their inspiring presentation during the Euro-spes conference in Budapest in June 2024. Reason for me to post it is their approach to the ME, I and ALL, as well as some more insights and activities (such as their empowerment circles) shared in the video that resonate well with sustainocracy.
Different realities
I could not do my speech in Budapest directly due to the neurological issue with my voice. So I decided to try to make my point during the Euro-SPES conference using video. My topic was about ethics and how we tend to use different criteria for good and bad, depending on the context of our reflections. I used examples out of my personal life. But most importantly the awareness and practical proof that the existential values represented by Sustainocracy represent a unifying force, also in the field of applied ethics.
Here is my reflection during that beautiful aniversary of a scientific community with a global presence.