Nature

The world is our home and we live in this house. It is such a house that we can live with the people we love and live the way we want. The person who makes this house a home is mother nature. She is the source of compassion that gives our food and blanket. What can we do for her? How can we respond to her love?

Alignment with nature. By observing her ways of thinking and acting accordingly. We can identify steps to protect and grow her.

Maintaining balance. To live by thinking that every living creature has the same right to live and by designing our steps according to them.

Nourishing it with love. To share our love for her by showing her our support.

Doğa

Dünya evimiz ve biz bu evde yaşıyoruz. Öyle bir ev ki , en sevdiğimiz insanlarla beraber tam da istediğimiz gibi yaşayabiliyoruz. Bu evi yuva yapan kişi de doğa ana. O yemeğimizi ve battaniyemizi veren şefkat kaynağı. Onun için neler yapabiliriz ? Onun bu sevgisine nasıl karşılık verebiliriz?

1. Doğa ile hizalanma. Onun düşünme ve hareket şekillerini gözlemleyip, onu korumak ve büyütmek için adımlar belirleyebiliriz.

2. Dengeyi koruma. Yaşayan her canlının aynı yaşam hakkına sahip olduğunu düşünerek, adımlarımızı onlara da göre tasarlayarak yaşamak.

3. Sevgi ile büyütme. Ona olan sevgimizi ona desteğimizi göstererek paylaşmak.

“Kiss the Ground” Documentary

Nature has caught my attention lately. I believe that flowers, animals and other parts of nature significantly improve our quality of life. Recently, I watched a documentary about nature called “Kiss the Ground” on Netflix. I felt almost every emotion while watching it. While it clearly explains what wars and similar bad things take away from the world in the long run, it also tells us what solutions we can use as human beings. At the end of the documentary, I saw that nature can heal itself when we apply right agriculture methods.

 

What did I learn from the documentary?

Saving the world is easier than we think. Another name for soil is dirt and this dirt is vital. Humans are not that different from other animals when we look at ourselves as homosapiens. Of course, we are not the same because our evolution is different, but; we are made up of biologically similar things and we take some of our steps by listening to our primitive brain. At this point, it can be said that we are more connected to nature than we think. We even work on issues such as social inequality today due to applying wrong agriculture methods that affect nature.

 

When a farmer shared his business going down and meeting biodiversity, he used a word that summarizes the documentary which is biodiversity. In this article, I will not describe techniques as my aim is to share points that I liked. However, the solution is to grow more plants in the soil rather than just one type of plant. The important thing absorbing the carbon from  the air rather than sending it upwards and creating global warming. One of the main causes of global climate change is the drying of the soil.

 

The second thing I learned is that there are beneficial techniques for this in the world right now. Many devoted people are giving seminars and training people, while others continue their work to revitalize the soil. It was hopeful to hear  their experiences in the documentary.

 

Putting all these into consideration;

 

The documentary really affected me with many factors that I wrote above and couldn’t because there were many. Presenting the solution in the most simple way made it easier for me to watch. I saw that there are many ways to contribute to this culture and they are not less complicated than we assume.

Note: Anyone who has watched the documentary and wants to watch it, please share your ideas with me via serraispahani@gmail.com or Instagram.

 

You can watch a video about the documentary by clicking here;

https://youtu.be/K3-V1j-zMZw

Kiss the Ground: Onarıcı Tarım, https://www.netflix.com/tr/title/81321999 *

“Kiss the Ground” Belgeseli

Özellikle son zamanlarda doğa dikkatimi çekiyor. Çiçekler, hayvanlar ve doğanın diğer parçalarının hayat kalitemizi ciddi anlamda güzelleştirdiğine inanıyorum. Geçen günlerde doğa hakkında Netflix’de “Kiss the Ground” adlı bir belgesel izledim. İzlerken neredeyse her duyguyu hissettim. Savaşların ve benzer kötü şeylerin uzun vadede dünyadan neler götürdüğünü net bir şekilde anlatırken, insan olarak hangi çözümleri kullanabileceğimizi de anlatıyor. Belgeselin sonunda doğanın doğru yollarla kendini iyileştirebileceğini gördüm.

Belgeselden neler öğrendim ?

Dünyayı kurtarmak düşündüğümüzden de kolay. Toprağın bir diğer adı kir ve bu kir hayati değere sahip. İnsanlar, homosapiens olarak baktığımızda, diğer hayvanlardan çokda farklı değil. Tabi evrimleşmemiz farklı olduğu için aynı değiliz ama; biyolojik olarak benzer şeylerden oluşuyor ve bazı adımlarımızı ilkel beynimizi dinleyerek atıyoruz. Bu noktada doğaya yaklaşabileceğimiz bir alan oluşuyor; doğa ile düşündüğümüzden de bağlantılıyız. Hatta doğaya etki eden yanlış işleme tekniklerinden dolayı bugün sosyal eşitsizlik gibi konular üzerinde çalışıyoruz.

Belgeselde bir çiftçi hikayesini anlatırken “İyi ki batmışım ve biyoçeşitlilik ile tanışmışım.” gibi bir cümle kuruyor. Bence belgeseli en iyi anlatan kelime biyoçeşitlilik olabilir. Bu yazıda amacım bilimsel bir dil ile belgeseli anlatmaktansa bana göre etkili noktalarını paylaşmak olduğu için süreçleri anlatmayacağım. Fakat, çözüm tek tip üretim yapmaktansa, toprakta daha fazla çeşit yetiştirmek. Önemli olan, toprakta daha fazla kökün bulunarak havadan gelen karbonu emmesi. Küresel iklim değişikliklerinin baş sebeplerinden biri de toprağın kuruması ve karbonun yukarı tehlike yaratacak bir şekilde yukarı çıkması. 

İkinci öğrendiğim şey ise, şu an dünyada bunun için uygulamalara başlanmış. Bu konuya kendini adamış birçok kişi seminerler verirken, diğerleri ise toprağı canlandırmak için çalışmalarına devam ediyor. Belgeselde bu kişilerin deneyimlerini de görmek umut vericiydi.  

Yazıyı toplamam gerekirse;

Belgesel beni yukarıda yazdığım ve yazamadığım bir çok etken ile gerçekten etkiledi. Çözümü hap gibi sunması seyretmemi de kolaylaştırdı. İşin güzel tarafı ise, bu hapı birden fazla yolla içebilirsiniz.

Not: Belgeseli seyretmiş ve seyretmek isteyen herkes, siz de lütfen fikirlerinizi serraispahani@gmail.com adresi ya da Instagram üzerinden benimle paylaşın.

Belgesel hakkında videoyu buraya tıklayarak izleyebilirsiniz;

https://youtu.be/K3-V1j-zMZw

Kiss the Ground: Onarıcı Tarım, https://www.netflix.com/tr/title/81321999 *

“Yes, and”

There is a type of conversation mentioned in one of Marilyn Atkinson’s interview about the concept of world game with Fabian Luetzig that inspired me very much which is called “Yes, and”. I read about it a few years ago and started using it more often these days. Without further ado, I would like to tell you about this conversation.

What is “Yes, and”?

With this conversation people can approach the questions asked or the situations they encounter in a more constructive way. To give an example; if I ask your favorite color, you would name 3 of them. However in this type of conversation, you might add other colors that you will remember after saying the first three. This creates a more open and strong communication space for them. (1)

Who else talked about this conversation?

I was looking at other sources before I started writing this article. I found a resource that will enrich the topic. Tina Fey has a great book named “ Bossypants”. Part of the book featured an improvisation technique using this perspective. As I read the technique, I understood the conversation better. (2)

How does Tina Fey describe it?

According to Fey, “The first rule of improvisation is AGREE. Always agree and SAY YES. When you’re improvising, this means you are required to agree with whatever your partner has created.” and she adds “the Rule of Agreement reminds you to “respect what your partner has created” and to at least start from an open-minded place. Start with a YES and see where that takes you.

Second rule is adding something of your own to what you agreed. As an example,if I say “Be careful it is windy outside.” You can say “ Yes it is windy! Do you see the flag over there? I can’t see it’s colors.”

Third rule is making statements. This rule highlights the importance of being of the solution instead of the problem. To give an example; if you went to a restourant and waiters says that “ We don’t have the salad you asked.”, you have two options. You can either don’t eat anything and be hungry till you go home or ask another similar dish that will make you happy. (3)

While looking at additional resources , I came across another resource. This resource, unlike Fey’s improvisation technique, focused more on the business world. If I were to describe briefly, the listening to a thought without making assumptions makes value of the idea to be seen more. (4)

Putting all these into consideration, “Yes, and” reminds me of Don Miguel Ruiz’s “Be Impeccable With Your Word” agreement. To him, words are magical. (4) I also strongly agree with him. If we liken communication to a road, the words we use enable us to create the path exactly as we want. This perspective is not just magical, it shows your open perspective in communication.

(1)”Podcast: The World Game With Marilyn Atkinson”. Erickson Coaching International, 2019, https://erickson.edu/podcast-world-game-marilyn-atkinson

(2) Fey, Tina. Bossypants. Londra: Sphere, 2012

(3) Fey, Tina. Bossypants. Londra: Sphere, 2012

(4)”Why “Yes, And…” Might Be The Most Valuable Phrase In Business.”. Big Think, 2013, https://bigthink.com/experts-corner/why-yes-and-might-be-the-most-valuable-phrase-in-business

(5)Ruiz, Don Miguel. Dört Anlaşma Toltek Bilgelik Kitabı. İstanbul: Kuraldışı, 2017