the human nature project
Bristol
Human Nature is a network of nature-lovers, a bid made in what is clearly a time
of great need to reverse the established principles used by all the major
conservation organizations and rewrite the story on our terms. Nature should be
a universal language accessible to all people regardless of race, background or
socio-economic status. Yet in this modern world of apartment blocks and iPhones,
it is rapidly being driven out of sight and mind. At Human Nature, we are
working to reverse this trend: communicating innovatively and effectively the
true place that humanity should hold in this world, erasing the tragedy of the
commons and bringing nature into the collective consciousness as a positive
force to be shared by all. Over the centuries, our species has developed an
intricate web of barriers and blockades to separate ourselves both mentally and
physically from other lifeforms. We perceive ourselves as uniquely cultured,
somehow divinely selected to sit one rung above the rest on the great chain of
being- blessed with a superior intelligence and thus untouchable. Obvious
parallels could be drawn with colonial views of indigenous groups, and the
uphill battle being fought to this day to uproot such age-old paradigms. It’s
clear we have a long road ahead, but as events of recent times have shown, the
momentum is already shifting. There was a time for multinational charity
figureheads, with their steady if slow governance of environmental matters. That
time has now passed. And with it rises a new dawn, a blossoming sun signalling
the new era of conservation- nature for the people, by the people, and with the
people
