Relationship skills (to self, others, society, planet, Great Mystery.) Fostering meaningful bonds: Friendships. Teams, Family. Intimacy and curiosity. Explicit agreements. Confidentiality. Consent and boundaries. Social taboos. Conflicts are opportunities for innovation. Apologies. Mating. 5 Love Languages. Sexuality. Parenting. Co-creators. Precautionary principle. Unintended consequences. Midwifing responsibilities to self/others/Earth/ future generations. To experience the natural world as a “mode of sacred presence" primarily to be communed with in wonder, beauty and intimacy. Commitments. Care for the impact of one's choices on others, the planet and the Noosphere.

6. Relationships on Our Future Earth

The broken world waits in darkness for the light that is you. L.R. Knost