Interconnections

PBS aired an important half-hour program in fall 2025: Interconnections, produced by the Connectivity Project. "This powerful film explores how our actions create ripples in an interconnected world. Featuring Indigenous elders, scientists, and activists, it highlights shared cultural wisdom and inspiring real-life stories. From butterfly conservation to youth environmental advocacy, it empowers viewers to recognize their impact and embrace a deeper sense of responsibility and belonging."

The Interconnections film includes thoughts from indigenous leaders, the perspective of Fritjof Capra, and a story about collective action in Portland, OR.

The systems view of life is a change from seeing the world as a machine to seeing it as a living network. Everything is profoundly connected to all that is. The material world is a pattern of interdependent relationships. As a people, and as an earth, we need all of these parts. Every little piece of the earth needs to be there for it to exist. Our role in that system is not to harm.

"When we see ourselves as being parts of a larger whole, that gets us to the point of feeling empowered, but it also gives us a sense of responsibility. And everything we do does have a ripple effect on the larger system. Each of our choices is an economic choice, but it's also a social choice, a political choice, an ecological choice."

"Since everything is interconnected, it doesn't matter where you start. So if you ask, "What can I do?" I would say, "Do what you are already doing, but do it differently. If you are a teacher, teach differently. If you're an architect, build different buildings. If you are a farmer, farm in a different way." So it doesn't matter, wherever you are, you know, you keep the interconnectedness of problems in mind, and you act accordingly."

Every decision is an opportunity to affect our shared world. The choice is up to every one of us. Keeping these interconnections in mind, what will you do with your opportunities?

The Connectivity Project

To learn more about what you can do to make a difference, visit their website at ConnectivityProject.com. Follow the Connectivy Project on Facebook. The Connectivity Project has many links that show some smart and well-thought-through ideas on how to take action, and how your actions can have large impacts,

Fritjof Capra

Fritjof Capra is an Austrian-born American author, physicist, systems theorist, and deep ecologist. In 1995, he became a founding director of the Center for Ecoliteracy in Berkeley, California.

Capra Course offers an online course, based on Capra's 2016 book The Systems View of Life, Join Fritjof Capra and explore the new systemic conception of life at the forefront of science and its application in economics, management, politics, design, medicine, and law. This course will give you the conceptual tools to understand the nature of our systemic problems and to recognize the systemic solutions that are being developed by individuals and organizations around the world. Registration for the Spring 2026 course is now OPEN. The Spring course will start on February 11, 2026.

Visit the Capra Course Vimeo page for additional videos featuring Fritjof Capra.

"We have choices every day, to decide to be in conflict, or to be in harmony -to feel the oneness, or to feel the separation."~ Kealoha