The Earth is not a simple supplier of raw materials for humanity. It is our external body, our living space, our home. One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is learning to coexist in the biosphere. This is the purpose of ecosophy. Is it enough to study the Earth as an object, with the tools of ecology and natural sciences? About half a century ago, three eminent thinkers from different philosophical worlds came to the same conclusion: we need ecology, yes, but we need ecosophy even more. Panikkar was the first to come up with this idea and the one who explored it further.

Ecosophy is at the same time our knowledge about the Earth and the wisdom of the Earth itself, which we have to try to listen to. Ecosophy wants to honor ecological awareness and at the same time expand it from an intercultural perspective. It is distinguished from an ecology that, through so-called sustainable development, seeks to prolong the current status quo. It raises a radical change in perception of both man and the Earth. Treat the Earth itself as a living being.