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A Thousand Suns

Published 04th November 2009 - 2 comments - 986 views -

In our modern world, we've become Gods controlling nature.

You know, in the past the church was not so arrogant.

If we view the world as a machine, we become a machine.

A Thousand Suns tells the story of the Gamo Highlands of the African Rift Valley and the unique worldview held by the people of the region. This isolated area has remained remarkably intact both biologically and culturally. It is one of the most densely populated rural regions of Africa yet its people have been farming sustainably for 10,000 years. Shot in Ethiopia, New York and Kenya, the film explores the modern world's untenable sense of separation from and superiority over nature and how the interconnected worldview of the Gamo people is fundamental in achieving long-term sustainability, both in the region and beyond.

27 incredible, inspiring minutes that shape the modern debate on green revolution, green religion, sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, profits, food security, climate change, supporters and skeptics.

So is the answer we're all looking for in the very same place where the entire humanity started?

Category: Agriculture, Sustainable Development, | Tags: climate change, biodiversity, food security, sustainable agriculture,



Comments

Vitezslav Kremlik on 04th November 2009:

Amazing video, thanks! However this glorification of preindustrial era is funny:

1) Even at the era of Christ, the Roman poets like Virgil wept, that in the bucolic past, when people lived in nature, not in cities, everything was better.

2) Rousseau in 18th century also complained, that life in cities is rotten, filthy and that civilisation spoils human character.

Conclusion: In year 3000 AD. people will make videos about how the life in huge cities of 20th century was ideal, clean, natural and romantic compared to their own perverted cities and problems.

Adela on 04th November 2009:

I don’t think it’s funny. I don’t even see it as a glorification of the preindustrial era.

It’s a different example of sustainable agriculture and spiritual culture. For people living in Gamo Highlands, it works perfectly, the way it worked 10k years ago.

Probably if you transplant a tech-dependent person there, he’s not going to last long & would leave back to ‘modernity’ asap.

I think the film is a great example of balance - the same thing our modern world needs to step out of crisis. We can go on and on speaking about the countless theories that support or defy climate change, we can go on and on debating about water scarcity or overconsumption. No theory is going to change the reality. But balanced living can.

P.S. I doubt videos (in the current form) will still exist in year 3000 AD. smile

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