CERKES LSV ECOCENTER

Date: 2013  

Location: Cerkes / CANKIRI / TURKEY

Type: Competition

THE STORY OF “HUMANITY”

The story of humanity is actually very long. And it cannot be told here in sentences. But the beginning is certain. Inside the nature, integrated with it and all other living creatures, full of peace and love… Therefore, problem-free. Because, “it is what it should be”. In its process…

People evolve in time. Conditions and technology come together… Today, everything happens “as people think the way it should“. But, in fact it does not. Something goes wrong. While, technology brings advantages to our life such as time-saving, work efficiency and etc., it also takes several aspects of life as we feel happy or think as if we are. First of all, people become unhealthy and several disorders which we haven’t known emerge. For example, today physicians begin making “stress” based disorder diagnoses. And people “begin learning what stress is”. Even, people personally experience it due to automated and unnatural living and environmental conditions. Almost everything we used to get from soil and branches of trees are on market shelves. “Natural” becomes a slogan on packages. And we follow these artificial slogans.

Soil is no longer nourishing people, it is a property bought and sold. For anyone for any purpose! But, no one knows that soil does not belong to people, people belong to it. Soil is not a thing to be bought, sold, processed and plundered; there is nothing to buy the warmth of sky and soil and all living creatures fed through soil.

There can be no peace without soil. Because, there is not anywhere to see the blossoming of leaves and flaps of bugs in the spring. The people who get used to living here do not know that the real meaning of life is hearing the voices of frogs and ducks around a puddle, birds on trees and all the nature. They think what they experience is natural. They do not know what to love the sound and scent of wind. They do not know the benefits of breathing it in full. Because, they do not breath in any oxygen, they breath in various toxic gases. But, they get used to it. They do not question. Just adapt. These are natural outcomes of increasing needs and indispensible for them. Because, they are “not aware” that the thing they abandon is their own lives.

Yes, “AWARENESS“. I think this is the keyword. Just being aware can solve so many problems. “Being aware that we are a part of the nature and the nature is a part of us.” And perceiving that imbalance of this association means end of the life as we know and trying to balance accordingly. Being educated and educate others. Growing us and the nature. For the nature, in its name…

“OUR” STORY

SUBMISSION TO “THE NATURE” or “NATURAL”

Our story begins just right here. Cerkes District of Cankiri. At a heaven like part of nature where it is not destroyed, where birds, bugs, fish and green live in peace. Our purpose is so exciting: “Creating a completely natural living space” with deserved beauties which people should have at the first place. Presenting all beauties away from any daily rush; missed by some and haven’t experienced yet by others. Maybe, the most interesting part is holding on the hope that it may only be the beginning which will gradually grow and develop.