But it does so without necessarily rejecting the technological genius of our species or some life-enhancing measure of the industrial power we have assembled. Ecopsychology holds that there is a synergistic interplay between planetary and personal well-being. Since The Voice of the Earth came out, I have been delightfully surprised to receive a steady influx of letters, papers, and lectures from psychotherapists acquainting me with their concern about this very issue - and with what they have been doing to meet the need. But by whatever name, the orientation is the same. It begins with the assumption that the context for defining sanity in our time has reached planetary magnitude.
Ecology needs psychology, psychology needs ecology.
Kids are probably born closer to the ecological unconscious than they will ever be again. It should be noted that none of this is meant to replace the good hard political analysis and social action the environmental cause needs. It is meant to supplement that effort and deepen our understanding of issues. It is also intended to strengthen the psychology of the movement by giving it a broader emotional and moral range. Some of us are looking forward to a newsletter and maybe a national conference of some visibility.