Environment

Human ecology examines how humans are active participants in their environments, affecting it and also being affected by it. Cultural traditions are not random, but rather emerge out of people’s interaction with their environments. Human beings have come up with so many substitutions for joy it's impossible to count them all. And in the end, does it really matter how many things you've owned? Human values determine how people relate to each other. They are the social equivalent of the genetic code and instincts at lower biological levels.

The environment has become an extremly important part in everyones life and like religion it brings us hope, as long as we are respecting it. Religion is a poppy for me. You can make it a medicine, or an enslaving drug. Religion, in comparison, was considered a facilitating factor because the scriptures supported physical activity. Furthermore, an urban environment was an enabling factor because it provided exercise facilities, sidewalks, and a socially acceptable venue for activity. Religiously dictated rates of fertility affect population. Religiously sanctioned wars may cause widespread destruction and upheaval.

Participants in the graduate program in religion and nature at the University of Florida initiated this effort. Participants were run through a mock simulation of a co-housing membership meeting. It became clear that many didn't agree with the way the majority decided, or didn't take the discussion format seriously.

Nature was created by God and it belongs to God. Everything in nature is a sign of God�s existence; that is, a token or missive. Nature and the poor are both victims of oppression. They will be liberated together or not at all.

Participants in the graduate program in religion and nature at the University of Florida initiated this effort. Participants were run through a mock simulation of a co-housing membership meeting. It became clear that many didn't agree with the way the majority decided, or didn't take the discussion format seriously.