In this profound film, permaculture designer Andrew Faust invites us to reclaim our place in the grand story of life on Earth—a story that reveals how deeply we're woven into the living fabric of this planet.
Faust weaves together cosmology, geology, biology, and ecology into a unified vision: We're stardust from ancient suns, animated by the dynamic forces of a self-regulating superorganism called Gaia.
For 4.5 billion years, life has been begotten conditions good for life—cooling the planet amid a 30% hotter sun, dispersing solar energy through diverse ecosystems that thrive where monocultures fail. Satellite data confirms it: Mature forests are Earth's cool spots, buffering us from cosmic extremes.
Humanity emerges not as an aberration, but as evolution's latest creative leap—naked apes who mastered fire, domesticated thousands of plants and animals, and spread to every corner.
Yet our industrial detour has frayed this web, ignoring the wisdom of complexity: Bacteria gave way to protists, fungi, and symbiotic mergers (as Lynn Margulis reveals), not random mutations.
Now, facing our own excesses, Faust calls us to "bank on biology," intentionally fostering cultivated diversity—permaculture gardens, off-grid homes, urban earthworks—that aligns with Gaia's genius.
This isn't abstract science; it's a new cosmology for action.
By nesting our designs in bioregional patterns, enhancing biodiversity, and cooperating with evolution's momentum, we honor our inheritance and ensure future generations inherit abundance.
In a culture adrift in postmodern fragmentation, Faust grounds us: We're not separate from Earth—we are the biosphere. Our choices now shape the ride on Spaceship Earth. Let's choose wisely, creatively, and ecologically. - Films For Action
Video created by Costa Boutsikaris: http://www.woodlanders.com
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