Code: 1.3
Promoting nature
To acknowledge that humans are part of nature; and to respect the needs and rights of other species and of nature itself in order to restore and regenerate healthy and resilient ecosystems.
Code: 1.3
To acknowledge that humans are part of nature; and to respect the needs and rights of other species and of nature itself in order to restore and regenerate healthy and resilient ecosystems.
Knows about the main parts of the natural environment (geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere and atmosphere) and that living organisms and non-living components are closely linked and depend on each other.
Knows that our wellbeing, health and security depend on the wellbeing of nature.
Knows that people are part of nature and that the divide between human and ecological systems is arbitrary.
Knows that humans shape ecosystems and that human activities can rapidly and irreversibly damage ecosystems.
Knows that damaging and exhausting natural resources can lead to disasters and conflicts (e.g. loss of biodiversity, draughts, mass migration and war).
Knows about the need to decouple production from natural resources and wellbeing from consumption.
Can assess own impact on nature and consider the protection of nature an essential task for every individual.
Can see and imagine humans living together and respecting other life forms.
Can acknowledge cultural diversity within planetary limits.
Can find opportunities to spend time in nature and helps to restore it.
Can identify processes or action that avoid or reduce the use of natural resources.
Cares about a harmonious relationship existing between nature and humans.
Is critical towards the notion that humans are more important than other life forms.
Shows empathy with all life forms.
Is appreciative of nature’s role in our wellbeing, health and security.
Continuously strives to restore nature.