The systems view of life

A key prerequisite for an alternative system is a change in attitude:

"Shallow ecology is anthropocentric, or human-centered. It views humans as above or outside of nature, as the source of all value, and ascribes only instrumental, or 'use,' value to nature. Deep ecology does not separate humans — nor anything else — from the natural environment. It does sees the world not as a collection of isolated objects but as a network of phenomena that are fundamentally interconnected and interdependent. Deep ecology recognizes the intrinsic value of all living beings and views humans as just one particular strand in the web of life."

-Fritjov Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi, 'The Systems View of Life: A Unifying Vision', ‎Cambridge University Press (2016)