In this sort of relationship, people's needs and natural resources are connected cyclically. By contrast, modern life depends too much on business and consumerism, so that not only have people become alienated from nature, they have also lost their abilities and creativity in life.
喻肇青解釋，所謂「共生」，是指人類生活所需要資源和自然資源是一種循環關係，反觀現代人生活太依賴商業和消費系統，不但與自然隔絕，引發環境反撲，也失去了生活的能力和創意。