Human beings have designed the world by keeping themselves as the center of existence.
Most of the world organizes itself from a western point of view. More often than not, it comprises capitalist and consumerist ideologies. Mass consumption and irresponsible usage are causing a depletion of natural resources. The waste generated from the current mass means of production and consumption is a major cause of climate change and animal extinction. This geological era in which man had started to make an impact on the geology of our planet is being increasingly referred to as the Anthropocene.
Nature is responsible for creating conditions that are conducive to life, it solves problems in context to the environment, in the most efficient way possible to maintain a balance in life. Nature consists of plants, animals and other species that have very intricate systems that combine to form a web of complex systems that create a symbiotic relationship with each other. This outlook enables us to look at how biology works and get ideas and inspirations from them to design systems that create a sense of biocentric thinking in people.
From ancient India, we have texts like Panchatantra, that have tales depicted through anthropomorphised animals used as metaphors to teach people about certain conducts in life. The aim of the project is to explore the narratives around animal wisdom in India and to see how it would be relevant in the context of climate change.
Keywords: Speculative Design. Biocentric. Anthropocene. Story-Telling.