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Topic: Human-nature relationships

The complex and evolving relationships between humans and the natural world, as explored through diverse perspectives and experiences.

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The podcast episodes provided explore various perspectives on human-nature relationships, with a focus on understanding these connections through the lens of different Buddhist traditions and their environmental ethics.

The first episode "Daniel Capper, "Roaming Free Like a Deer: Buddhism and the Natural World" (Cornell UP, 2022)" examines the complexities and limitations of Buddhist environmental ethics in addressing issues like climate change, while the second episode "Plantationocene" critiques the "Anthropocene" by highlighting the role of plantation agriculture, racial capitalism, and exploitation in driving ecological devastation. The third episode "Danel Ruiz-Serna: Living territories and the ecological violence of war" explores how war impacts the living relationships between human and non-human beings in the context of Colombia's Choco region, challenging modern legal frameworks to broaden understandings of violence, victimhood, and reparations.

These episodes highlight the need to rethink our relationships with the planet, plants, animals, and the people who cultivate these environments, as part of addressing the complex issues at the intersection of human and natural systems.

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