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Welcome to 5 International Scientific Conference DOI: https://doi.org/10.15414/2021.9788055224015

Russian naturalist and thinker Vladimir Vernadsky is the creator of the concept of the
noosphere as part of the biosphere of our planet. In this recognized concept, Vernadsky
respects the spread of conscious activity of people on our planet Earth in interaction with
nature (biosphere). The basis of these relationships is a reasonable approach as the main
condition for human survival. It connects the purpose of the noosphere in the harmonization of
relations between man and nature. This relationship is already seriously disrupted by the
developing technosphere as a complex of technical systems of today's consumer society, which
is dominated by artificial material means of human activity. This means that society's harmony
with nature is seriously disturbed. The spirituality of humankind is in decline. Proof of this is
the growing number of natural disasters in all countries of the world.
Nature rebels and proves to humanity that it no longer tolerates such exploitation. The
idea that the Earth is not just a pile of stones, but a living being has been proved by many
important thinkers and scientists. But humans and humankind still do not realize it. In fact,
concerning nature, a human appears as a kind of virus that parasitizes on his body, penetrates
everywhere, multiplies at an increased speed and spoils it with its waste.
But despite the technical and technological sophistication of human civilization, humanity
is not able to solve many problems. An illustrative example is the coronavirus pandemic, which
has spread in all countries of the world. The solution to the given problem is dominated by the
helplessness of humankind, the scientific and medical community. Are we convinced that
repeated vaccinations could stop this threat to humanity?
Not only anthroposophical (gr. Anthroposophy – human and wisdom) doctors but also
quite conventional scientists prove that the disease is only a way to point out to the body a
spiritual problem that one does not want to solve. In his books "Disease as the Language of the
Soul" and "Disease like the Way", the German physician Rudiger Dalke shows how some
diseases relate to a person's mental state. Therefore, doctors who develop old forms of
treatment for people with a new approach at the level of holistic medicine, functional medicine,
psychosomatic medicine or other new forms of therapy and rehabilitation are successful.
In the context of a pandemic, "biophilia" is spreading significantly to humans. The term
began to be actively used in the late 20 century when the American biologist Edward O. Wilson
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pointed out the consequences of the separation of man and humankind from nature. In his
publication in 1984, Wilson wrote that biophilia means "the innate emotional connection
between humankind and other living organisms." Quarantine, home working and the isolation
of people during a pandemic in an artificial background without the presence of greenery and
the natural environment have significantly increased people's environmental stress and its
negative consequences. A study published last year in the journal Nature shows how air
pollution and isolation from nature are associated with a significant decline in people's
cognitive abilities and, in addition, contributes to their respiratory, cardiovascular diseases and
others. Research from the University of Exeter (EU) found that employees in contact with
nature were 15 % more productive and motivated than those who worked in a sterile
background. The report entitled The Global Impact of Biophilic Design in the Workplace notes
a 15 % increase in creativity among people working in natural plant environments; it is
estimated that in a room with an adequate number of plants, the number of bacterial colonies
will be reduced by 60%; headaches were observed to be reduced by 24% and eye irritation by
52%. Isolation of people at home for a long time during a pandemic has resulted in a sharp
upwards of the houseplants purchase in many countries around the world. This trend also
points to biophilia (https://www.biophiliccities.org/nature-pandemic-resources).
Humankind is destroying the biosphere at all levels. Drastic civilizational impacts on the
environment have left about a million species of animals and plants threatened with extinction.
This emerges from a report by the IPBES Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (1919). According to the report's authors, about 25% of
the planet's animal and plant species are currently threatened with destruction
(https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-48174756).

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