Interconnectedness

Interconnectedness is a difficult topic to find direct "footnote" type links for. It is interwoven into so many articles and books, but the main topic of few. Here are a few apt pieces from varied sources that stood out for us.

The Ocean Project. A Presentation to the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy discussing how people respond to human/ocean interconnections. By Paul J. Boyle, PHD

Murry Gell-Mann - Nobel Prize in Physics 1969 - In this short banquet speech made while accepting the Nobel Prize in Physics, Gell-Mann revels in the amazing reality that everything is connected.

Two centuries ago Alexander von Humboldt set out to grasp the interconnectedness of nature. In the process he sowed the seeds of today's environmentalism.A new book on Humboldt's life. The Dawn of Ecology - Kathleen McGowen reviews The Humboldt Current by Aaron Sachs.

An Injury to One is an Injury to All

In case anyone is interested in the history of this saying, or in old labor unions, here is a link to The Industrial Workers of the World, also known as the Wobblies. In case you think this union is dead, think again. It has been re-energized by young activists and is still busy organizing.
Preamble to the IWW Constitution [An Injury to One is an Injury to All]

And there is a mural in Los Angeles with the slogan painted on it. To see a picture:
An Injury to One...mural in L.A.