Recovering in Green

A lecture by Astrid van Zon

Recovering in Green: How can we take care of the earth if we do not take care of each other and how can we take care of each other as we do not take care of the earth?

The care concept “Recovering in Green” offers a perspective for realizing one's own natural nature and task of earth, plants, animals and people, through which a spiritual reality can be perceived and lived. That requires thinking in reciprocity. Nature and its living beings are a source of support for human mental and vital health. When people feel the moral responsibility to give respect and care for nature and its living beings, because of the right they have to develop according to their own nature, we as humans can experience a new meaning. This experience of meaning is an important aspect for people with psychiatrical problems to start a unique process of change, through which a hopeful and meaningful life can be led within the limitations that psychological complaints entail.