Workshop: Een (dis?)relatie met de natuur

Workshop: Een (dis?)relatie met de natuur

Alweer de laatste workshop voor onze eerste Symbiotic serie! Het centrale concept van de workshop gaat over ingewikkelde vraagstukken die verband houden met onze (on)relatie met de natuur. Deelnemers waren tussen de 18 en 40 jaar oud en hebben zich vrijwillig aangemeld via onze open oproep. De leeftijdscategorie en diversiteit resulteerden in verschillende perspectieven.

Interactivity was guaranteed through introducing several issues through statements:
Proponents of the proposition were allowed to share their objective; after this, the opponents were allowed to undermine substantiations

* ‘Humanity shouldn’t position itself above nature.’

On the first statement was jokingly reacted with a religious objective: ‘God is the reason why we should stand above nature.’ Even if it was a joke, it doesn’t seem such a strange idea to talk about religion to be involved. Was the relationship with nature significantly better in the past? Taking into account the primordial beliefs of Europeans and other peoples all over the globe?
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Other statements accelerating debate were:  
* “Gardens should contain only native flora,”
* ”Pupils should become familiar with Dutch nature, flora and fauna, instead of only general biology”
* “At least half of the Dutch territory must be nature reserve”
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Considering the four statements, what is your opinion?
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