Can innovation support right relationship with Earth?

'Right Relationship' is a relationship between humans and nature that feels healthy and committed.

The most pragmatic thing we can do to support nature in innovation is to develop and hold ourselves accountable to broader metrics that support synergies between humans and nature, writes Kris Dubrawski, assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Civil Engineering and Geography at the University of Victoria.Photograph courtesy of Pixabay

Opinion

BY Kris Dubrawski

June 13, 2022

It is clear (to many, if not most) that the root cause of climate change and biodiversity loss is the wholesale appropriation of nature over the last few centuries by industrial civilization. This, essentially, comes down to colonial society having the wrong relationship with Earth. What could the r...

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