The dominant story of modern civilisation is the story of separation. From the point of view of materialist economics and mechanistic science, Nature is merely a machine and the Earth is just a dead rock. Nature is assumed to be inanimate and simply a resource for the economy: a resource for production, consumption and economic growth. From this perspective humans and Nature are seen as totally separate. Moreover, humans are considered to be above Nature and superior to Nature. The value of Nature is measured only in terms of its usefulness to humans. At best it is labelled ‘eco-system services’!

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