{"id":116393,"date":"2018-08-20T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=116393"},"modified":"2018-08-10T12:49:50","modified_gmt":"2018-08-10T11:49:50","slug":"nature-a-positiview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/08\/nature-a-positiview\/","title":{"rendered":"Nature: A PositiVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let\u00b4s\u00a0refer to Nature positively;
\nLet\u00b4s avoid speaking of\u00a0“the fury of Nature”
\nor describing the force of winds as\u00a0“killing”!<\/p>\n

Let\u00b4s not say that there are natural disasters,<\/em>
\nrather that there are unforeseen environmental factors.<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u00b4s not blame Nature as a terrible source of destruction,
\nrather see it as the world of living things and of\u00a0construction.<\/p>\n

Let\u00b4s\u00a0treat Nature with the utmost respect,
\nand ecolinguistically our messages\u00a0to redirect.<\/p>\n

Significantly, part of Nature all human beings are;
\nLet\u00b4s make that participation humbly\u00a0go very\u00a0far.<\/p>\n

By ecolinguistically communicating
\na\u00a0dignifyingly global\u00a0citizenship we`ll be anticipating.<\/p>\n

______________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom H\u00e9lder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 <\/em>Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, ABA Global Education (www.abaweb.org<\/a>). <\/em>He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let\u00b4s refer to Nature positively;
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