Ecoist

An Integral
Post Growth model
for Ecological Restoration

The Story

THe Polycrisis

Humanity has finally entered the darkest center of the Polycrisis it created over a timespan of millennials. This term is reserved for the holistic existential crisis that Everything on Earth is facing right now. Humans can perceive it mostly in form of the great depressions, wars, economic apocalypses, extreme poverty, environmental emergency, mass migrations and so on. Capitalism is considered to be the origin of this crisis but its try to envision a wider picture today. Imagine that capitalism is just one of many progenies of a bigger cause.

Imagine something happened at a higher plane that encompasses all the reality we perceive in material realm. Imagine that the event was a Stroke a Slash on mankind’s collective consciousness, DISCONNECTING it from its Anchor-Line and since then its in a FREEFALL.

Let’s try to visualize the multi faceted cause and effect of that event in form a Tetrahedron that’s falling down into ultimate darkness.

THE ANNIHILATION TRIAD

Visualize this Triad, the base of the tetrahedron and each vertex represents an Effect of that Severe slash leading to the Apex, the Ultimate Annihilation.

Consciousness Amnesia

The central disaster happened to humanity in result of that Slit. It blinded us to our sacred origins, made us believe that we are just a byproduct of some random cosmic events and so we exist now we have to survive by fighting with Nature and all our fellow being and specially with our own specie.

Ecoide

The effect of that spiritual vacuum create by that Amnesia is fueling of a reckless multifaceted Ecocidal system destroying Mother Earth in countless ways, Capitalism is just one of them.

Biocide

Then this Ecocidal loop triggers another devastating effect, Biocide, threating the collapse of the entire planetary life-support system. Ironically, humanity will go extinct in the semi final stage of this effect far before many other species.

This is a self-reinforcing loop of forces leading toward a single unavoidable apex, the absolute dark vacuum of Ultimate Annihilation.

The way Out

So here we are trapped in an enclosure of Polycrisis and somehow we are totally aware of what’s actually going on while most of our fellow beings are not able to feel its intensity and severity and the organizations and communities are quite indifferent to it. All we know now is that we need to find the way Out and a majority of our fellow human beings have no clue where are we heading and what we must be doing.

The Masterkey

Here is a bit a secret, a revelation and a reminder.

You can not leave without having the Master key. And the Master key is the Great Work. It is the antidote of that severe slash too mentioned in the earlier part of the story and its also your ladder leading to the door.

Before entering(being born) this enclosure(Earth) you made an agreement that you volunteer to do the Great work and manage to find your way out.

REFLECT

Restoring our worldview

Reflection is a specialized, deliberate mode of thinking. Unlike General thinking processes run constantly processing information, Reflection is thinking turned back onto the thought process itself.

Reflection is primary reaction and antidote against the Consciousness Amnesia. The degraded landscapes around us are actually the mirror image of our amnesia and Conservative and restorative work becomes an act of internal reflection.

We aim to practice Reflection and make practical efforts to help individuals, communities and organizations to Reflect. We publish visual and textual content related to Mother Earth’s Life systems, Ecology and Regenerative living . Currently we are in process of translating the Cards for life in Urdu language.

REGENERATE

Turning to Regenerative livelihoods

Ecoist is dedicated to introducing regenerative practices to the people of the Indus Valley, practically through our well-organized campaigns. We started with Soil regeneration to restore the land’s fertility and regenerate our bioregional ecosystems. Our Re’Crater initiative demonstrates practical solutions for regenerative permaculture with rainwater harvesting, conservation, and habitat creation. We are proud of our Scarab initiative, training them in vermicomposting to turn organic waste into black gold . Through these Regenerative actions, we are empowering local communities with knowledge and tools to build a more resilient and ecologically balanced future in the Indus Valley.

RENEST

Creating nestles of life

ReNesting is Restoration of Habitat for Biodiversity where even we can. This is the second Reaction and the antidote to Biocide.

Our campaign ReNesting Indus is the ultimate goal and its all about reforesting any possible patch of land that’s vacant. Eternal Forests is another campaign at urban level. Our Re’Crater initiative combines both Renest & Regenerate and demonstrates practical solutions for habitat restoration along with regenerative permaculture with rainwater harvesting.