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E. Tiezzi, N. Marchettini & M. Rosini

Abstract

Extending the environmental wisdom beyond the local scenario: eco-dynamic analysis and the learning community E. Tiezzi, N. Marchettini & M. Rosini Department of Chemical and Biosystems Sciences, University of Siena, Italy Abstract Beyond the specific dimension of the individual, learning is a primary characteristic of life. Shifting our attention to local systems we can consider ecosystems and traditional communities as learning "minds", according to Bateson's thought. We call environmental wisdom the explicit knowledge that emerges from long periods of co-evolution of people and nature in local systems, casting in the same lot. Environmental wisdom rises both from trial-and-error processes and from more subtle kinds of knowledge, involving aesthetics and intuition. It sediments as tradition or religion and deeply contributes in landscapes creation, keeping ecosystems and humans alive together. The scientific enterprise has moved a large step aside from this path, and does not blend itself n

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