Micro-Landscapes of the Anthropocene

The Land of Plants

This concept of 'plant-blindness' causes a disregard for the inherent value of plant life, where the sanctity of the environment is unprotected because of an anthropocentric worldview. We respect other people and animals because we can relate to them: we can understand emotion and the representations of that emotion. When a person looks at a plant, they cannot find a mirror to themselves. Because of this, we do not mourn their death or destruction. A shift in worldview to understand plant life and place value beyond human gain would unveil the breadth of a network connecting all living beings which transcends monetary or otherwise human gain. This view of the entire ecosystem would support the notion that human life is upheld not by anthropocentric drives, but by a holistic development millennia in the making.

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