Awareness Trainings - Draft #1

I/II Analogy with Environmental Issues
Cultures as a Resource.
Cultures have to be considered like the natural resources. Cultures are a need, a necessity, a
crucial capital for the humans: we are humans because we are cultural, and we are cultural
because other peoples are culturally different than us.
Globalization and its risks of standardization is highlighting the importance of cultures as well as
this process highlighted the importance of the natural ressources.
The territorial aspect of cultures has to be preserved and highlighted because it represents a
capital which helps individuals to develop, blossom and foster social link. This way, the creation of
new « supra » or « infra » cultures and communities can lead to the implosion of the traditional
social basis if not taken responsibly.
Evolution of the Natural Species / of the Societies.
The evolution, in nature, is about adapting to the environment (Darwin): the natural species which
have been sustainable are the ones that were able to adapt to new contexts.
The change, in societies, is also about adapting, and/or reacting, to a social environment, and both
logics are leading to the sustainability of the species and societies.
Since humans are « cultural animals », the social and collective changes also depend on universal
rules such as cycles of « action - reaction » and awareness on the errors made in the past. In other
words, collective memory helps groups of humans to take a step back on their situation, take the
good decisions and so evolve: heritage is a precious capital for evolution (Polybe).
The evolution of societies is not universal and uniform, but the logic of evolution is: this kind of
analogy can help to anticipate and analyze how people, peoples and societies will adapt to
globalization.