Is technology and environmentalism compatible? Is technology neutral?

[Tsyal Makto]

Though I am a bit more technologically liberal than aurora, I'm with her on this topic, at least in regards to how she views nature. The biggest disconnect it seems between her and Banefull is that Banefull tends to view nature in strictly economic terms, while aurora views it in more existential terms. This, IMO, is the key to ever finding balance again with the natural world. Anyway, it's currently 4:22AM, and Ive been up since 7:00AM, and if I tried thinking out anything lengthy my head would probably explode Scanners-style, so I'll just quote a post of mine on this subject from LN.

Even beyond simply the environmental message, is the underlining message of humanity needing to find true balance with nature, beyond what the current "green" mindset is.* *

Because in actuality, there is no "environment," where all the rest of the non-human plant and animal life is domed off in a seperate biosphere from us. There is no "human world" and "natural world," there is just "the world." Period. No matter how much we believe otherwise, humanity, and all it's baggage, is a part of the world, the same world that nature shares. The biggest downfall of the current environmentalist movement is this separatist attitude, and I'm sure if the Na'vi could see it they would declare the movement just as insane as every other Sky People activity because of this attitude. We might not be able to get the knowledge back that long gone indigenous peoples and the Na'vi have, but we can at least revive their mindset. We need to begin viewing the natural world as an equal again, and feel and view it the way these peoples do. Not until we can truly feel, See, the Earth and it's ills in the same deep, personal way native peoples do, will we be able to heal the world. THAT is the message of Avatar, not about buying a Prius and flourescent light bulbs, but about learning to See the world through the eyes of the people that walked in harmony with it. Then, and only then, will humanity be able to find a new way forward. Only when we are able to truly feel the effects of our actions, will we be able to change them. Only once we learn to See again will we be able to find balance with the Earth while still progressing, of true technological harmony. The way needs to be living with nature, not walling ourselves off from it.