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Published by the Partnership for Water Sustainability in British Columbia, Waterbucket eNews celebrates the leadership of individuals and organizations who are guided by the Living Water Smart vision. The edition published on February 4, 2025 features Michael Blackstock, independent Indigenous scholar and creator of the Blue Ecology ecological philosophy.
He provides historical context for core beliefs that shape our contemporaneous view of water. And he draws attention to the unintended consequences of going down the Artificial Intelligence rabbit hole. Because AI disconnects people from the natural world, Michael Blackstock presents Blue Ecology as a Natural Intelligence approach that counterbalances the AI hype.
Counterbalance Artificial Intelligence with Natural Intelligence!
Michael Blackstock is a rarity because he is an original thinker who bridges two worlds…Indigenous and Western. A third dimension adds to his mix of attributes. His 35-year career in government as a negotiator and mediator gave him frontline experience in conflict resolution.
The three ways of thinking come together in Michael Blackstock’s Blue Ecology, a holistic environmental approach that interweaves Indigenous wisdom with scientific knowledge. Blue Ecology points the way forward to Water Reconciliation.
“My keynote presentation at the Asset Management BC annual conference in November was my first opportunity to judge a live audience response to the idea that we must counterbalance Artificial Intelligence with Natural Intelligence. The reaction was positive. And that is when I realized that I was onto something,” states Michael Blackstock.
THE BIG IDEA: Indigenous wisdom reflects knowledge of Natural Intelligence
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“Basically, Blue Ecology started with water. But the five principles of Blue Ecology apply to everything in nature. Blue Ecology is broadening out from water and flowing out to all of nature. So I have been thinking more broadly than water. What I have learned from water can be applied to all of nature,” foreshadows Michael Blackstock.
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