Welcome to the website of the German ZEIS Institute for Ecological Education. Our work focuses on researching and communicating important laws of physics. Similar to particle physics or astrophysics, for example, it is about physical objects and their interactions within a system. Nevertheless, our topic has not yet found its way into academic physics and thus into the premier league of empirical sciences. There are psychological reasons for this, which we are also investigating.
The most important reason for the exclusion of our topic from the premier league of empirical research is that our physical objects are organisms and their systems are ecosystems. It is entirely possible to study the relationships and interactions within this system in the same way as in other areas of physics and to discover fundamental natural laws there. However, in doing so, it becomes obvious that the agricultural method of artificially breeding and controlling other organisms, which today forms the main food source of human civilisation, runs counter to the corresponding natural laws and therefore cannot function sustainably. Since the Neolithic Revolution thousands of years ago, the problem has probably been subliminally recognised, but people shied away from addressing it. One of many consequences was the exclusion of important parts of the observable reality out of the natural sciences. As a result, agricultural methods have recently been drastically intensified. And while each new generation of human beings is pushed deeper and deeper into an evolutionary dead end situation, they are being taught a world view that is greatly distorted and narrowed in comparison to reality.
Our information is not based on ideology, nor are there any links to any organisation. Instead, the solid foundation of knowledge that we pass on was laid by our founder through practical experience. He discovered it while spending several years far away from civilisation, feeding himself by hunting and gathering free-living organisms. More on this is to be found in the section: Background.
To get a first concrete impression of what the natural laws laws in our topic are all about and how real and solid they are, here is a brief introduction in the form of a simple question:
Have you ever seen or heard of an example where, outside the influence of human civilisation, one species of vertebrate, be it birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles or fish, is permanently under the control of another? No, you will not find such an example, whether you look in the scientific studies of the 70,000 known vertebrate species or search for yourself in nature. Such a thing does not exist in the Earth’s ecosystem because it does not function sustainably. Subjugation and control between individuals of different species can, on average, only last for a very small part of their lifespan, but never be permanent.
Vertebrates are only particularly suitable for a brief introduction. As they are the most complex organisms, the relevant natural laws are particularly easy to recognise in their interactions. In fact, however, even among all other life forms in all biological kingdoms, there is no real example of a relationship between different species in which one species is under the permanent control of the other for the primary benefit of the latter. Not even among microorganisms or viruses can such relations be found, although theoretically there are many ways in which this could arise, for example through horizontal gene transfer or viral infection of the germ lines of the hosts.
Now you may be thinking, ‘Wait a minute, aren’t there ants that keep aphids as slaves? Aren’t there viruses that invade their host’s genome and then manipulate it over generations?’ These questions, as well as those concerning many other similar claims circulating in civilisation, can simply be answered with ‘no’. The aphids are not really kept, but rather they themselves are the initiators of a symbiosis that is millions of years old and beneficial to both sides. And the viral information within the host’s lineage can only be neutral or beneficial to the host – otherwise, in the unmanageable complexity of the ecosystem, it would quickly be eliminated by natural selection.
On this website, we have compiled some summary explanations on our topic, and there are also some further clarifications on such misinterpretations that are circulating in civilisation. We have divided the information into the following sections, each of which is assigned a keyword:
Further detailed information can also be found on our central ZEIS Insitute website in German language. There is also a magazine section included. However, the latter largely deals with local issues related to the consequences of a lack of environmental education in Europe. We have also recently set up a ‘Magazine’ section here on the English website. In perspective, this section is intended to observe current changes in the USA, for example, where since the beginning of 2025 the door has been opened to the most destructive methods of intensive agriculture. It is foreseeable that this development will have drastic repercussions on other continents and will significantly accelerate the pace towards the end of the already well-advanced evolutionary impasse.