Seeing Nature Holistically
Discovering how a genuinely holistic perspective affects our thinking with respect to every aspect of environmental concern.
(Three day non-residential, Cape Town, August 2011)
Once again with The Proteus Initiative hosting, in the heart of Cape Town Craig Holdrege worked with botanists, environmentalists, environmental educators and social activists to achieve a real grasp of the meaning of ‘holistic’, and what it may imply to work holistically with respect to nature, the environment or on culture itself. Craig’s grasp of the nature of living process, of living ways of thinking and seeing, and of the nature of both holism and the importance of context, yields new possibilities for thinking about ecology and ecological responses to our current environmental challenges and dilemmas. Craig’s mastery works across and unites the boundaries of the natural sciences, offering an interdisciplinary, rigorous and living way of seeing the kingdom of Nature each time as if for the first time.
Cape Town offered a magnificent variety of possibilities for this process. The workshop was held at Kirstenbosch, as well as on various walks on the Cape Peninsula, where participants were able to observe plants in context.
(Three day non-residential, Cape Town, August 2011)
Once again with The Proteus Initiative hosting, in the heart of Cape Town Craig Holdrege worked with botanists, environmentalists, environmental educators and social activists to achieve a real grasp of the meaning of ‘holistic’, and what it may imply to work holistically with respect to nature, the environment or on culture itself. Craig’s grasp of the nature of living process, of living ways of thinking and seeing, and of the nature of both holism and the importance of context, yields new possibilities for thinking about ecology and ecological responses to our current environmental challenges and dilemmas. Craig’s mastery works across and unites the boundaries of the natural sciences, offering an interdisciplinary, rigorous and living way of seeing the kingdom of Nature each time as if for the first time.
Cape Town offered a magnificent variety of possibilities for this process. The workshop was held at Kirstenbosch, as well as on various walks on the Cape Peninsula, where participants were able to observe plants in context.