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-===== Luminous Green Interview with Cocky Eek =====+===== Luminous Green Interview with Theun Karelse =====
  
  
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 ==== How would you describe who you are and what you do in a few sentences? ====  ==== How would you describe who you are and what you do in a few sentences? ==== 
  
-A short description of someones role in the cultural field seems ever more illusive. I've recently realized that moving between lowerclass work (like fruit picking) and middle or upperclass work (like speaking at conferences) is confusing to people. I think freeing up this vertical direction is an important part of what I want to do. +A short description of someone's role in the cultural field seems ever more illusive. I've recently realized that moving between 'lower-class' work (like fruit picking) and 'middle' or 'upper-class' work (like speaking at conferences) is confusing to people. I think freeing up this vertical direction is an important side effect of what I do. 
  
  
 ==== Who and what inspires you in your work&  life (people, books, artworks...)? Why? ====  ==== Who and what inspires you in your work&  life (people, books, artworks...)? Why? ==== 
  
-My main all-time inspirators; Julian Barbour and Emmy Noether, who advocate views of spacetime and symmetry-laws that I hold to be  very innovative and deeply beautiful. The cultural historian Kenneth Clark and his way of looking at history not through eyewitness accounts, but through looking at the artefacts, buildings, etc; the arts and sciences produced by cultures. The writer Alan Moore for his great work in graphic novels. The people who created the awesome solar-headed petroglyphs of Central Asia. The early Christian desert hermits. And the people of the Gurukula Botanical sanctuary for showing a relentless dedication to living harmoniously with their ecosystem and ecosystem gardening. +My main all-time inspirators; Julian Barbour and Emmy Noether, who advocate views of spacetime and symmetry-laws that I hold to be  very innovative and deeply beautiful. The cultural historian Kenneth Clark and his way of looking at history not through eyewitness accounts, but through looking at the artefacts, buildings, etc; the arts and sciences produced by cultures. The writer Alan Moore for his great work in graphic novels. The people who created the awesome solar-headed petroglyphs of Central Asia. The early Christian desert hermits. The hilarious and amazing Saint Francis of Asissi and Saint Joseph of Cupertino. And currently the people of the Gurukula Botanical sanctuary for showing a relentless dedication to living harmoniously with their ecosystem and ecosystem gardening. 
  
  
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 popped up as a more fundamental unit, I hesitate to define of what.. popped up as a more fundamental unit, I hesitate to define of what..
  
-==== Which aspects of contemporary culture give you hope for the future? ====+==== How would you finish the following sentences:  ====
  
-  - Personal resilience is about being balanced. +  - Personal resilience is about being balanced between agency and reflection. I mean both Plato and Batman were part-time cave-dwellers. We need space to develop our agency in the world and technologies are rapidly increasing this ability, but also space to consider our role and impact upon things.  
-  - Social resilience is about being open to change. +  - Social resilience is about being open to change as a society and not only open to the future but also to the past.  
-  - Planetary resilience is about resilience for all species and minerals.+  - Planetary resilience is about resilience for all species and minerals aka closed loops.
  
-==== Which aspects of contemporary culture give you hope for the future (or + 
-where do you see signs of a Luminous Green world emerging)? ====+==== Which aspects of contemporary culture give you hope for the future? ====
  
 Key beliefs (or fallacies) of societies are shown most prominently in their martyrs. It could be interesting to have a look at who our martyrs are if we have any. Generally it seems the age of passive consumption needs shaking up. Hacker culture, citizen science and cross-disciplinary collaboration seem like the way to go. Key beliefs (or fallacies) of societies are shown most prominently in their martyrs. It could be interesting to have a look at who our martyrs are if we have any. Generally it seems the age of passive consumption needs shaking up. Hacker culture, citizen science and cross-disciplinary collaboration seem like the way to go.
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 This could include visualizing, building, growing, chopping, mapping,  This could include visualizing, building, growing, chopping, mapping, 
 carrying, cleaning, unraveling, seeding, presenting, connecting,  carrying, cleaning, unraveling, seeding, presenting, connecting, 
-recording or pre-enacting.+recording or pre-enacting and budget hunting.
  
  
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 ==== If the European Commission was to create a DG (Directorate General) Resilience to work towards a Luminous Green future, what would be its biggest challenges? ====  ==== If the European Commission was to create a DG (Directorate General) Resilience to work towards a Luminous Green future, what would be its biggest challenges? ==== 
 Besides the issue of being primarily a monetary union the EU has  Besides the issue of being primarily a monetary union the EU has 
-disappointed me on their very irresponsible policy on chemical additives +disappointed me with their very irresponsible policy on chemical additives 
 in food and I think food is just the start. We should be aiming to at  in food and I think food is just the start. We should be aiming to at 
-least rid our environment of toxic substances.+least rid our environment of more toxic substances.
 If needed budgets dedicated to research on pre-human ancestors should be  If needed budgets dedicated to research on pre-human ancestors should be 
 directed towards the protection of current humanoids/apes. directed towards the protection of current humanoids/apes.
 Financial mayhem will be a huge obstacle to keep our focus on the Long Now. Financial mayhem will be a huge obstacle to keep our focus on the Long Now.
 +And an energy policy that actually reduces CO2 emissions.
  
 ==== If you, or someone you know would be a Luminous Green superhero, what abilities would s/he have, what would s/he do? ====  ==== If you, or someone you know would be a Luminous Green superhero, what abilities would s/he have, what would s/he do? ==== 
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