Presentation prepared for a series of lectures on Environmentalism for PS 240 introduction to Political Theory at the University of Kentucky, Spring 2007. Dr. Christopher S. Rice, Instructor.

1. Environmentalism(s) Dr. Christopher S. Rice

9. Egocentrism

10. Homocentrism

11. Ecocentrism

16. Deep Ecology

18. Ecosophy T

19. Ecosophy A philosophy of ecological harmony or equilibrium.

20. Ecosophy T

32. Dominant Western Worldview (DWW) + Human Exceptionalism Paradigm (HPP) vs. New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)

33. Source: William R. Catton, Jr. and Riley Dunlap. “A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology,” American Behavioral Scientist , 24, no. 1 (Sept./Oct. 1980): 34. Also Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology , pp. 90-91.

34. Human Nature

35. Principle of Biospheric Equality

36. We are an event, not an ego

38. The Self

39. Dialectical Idealism

42. Christian Tradition

44. Eco-science

45. Chaos Theory

46. Deep Ecology as an Ideology

47. Explanation

48. Evaluation

49. Orientation

50. Political Program

51. Social Ecology

52. Progressivism + Environmentalism

56. Anarchist Social Ecology

58. It’s all about the hierarchy, baby!

59. Food WEB vs. Food CHAIN

65. Ending social domination

66. Ecology vs. Environmentalism

67. Bioregionalism

69. Ecosystem A distinct human and natural community including the social as well as the organic factors that interrelate with each other to provide the basis for an ecologically rounded and balanced community.

70. Socialist Ecology

71. economic transformation to ecological socialism

72. First Contradiction of Capitalism

73. Second Contradiction of Capitalism

80. Cyber-Greens

82. “ Email burns oil and shits filth into your air” ~ Bruce Sterling, Viridiandesign.org

83. They're all about creating irresistible consumer demand for cool objects that will yield a global atmosphere upgrade. It's the Net vs. the 20th-century fossil order in a fight that the cybergreens are winning. Why? Because they're not about spiritual potential, human decency, small is beautiful, peace, justice or anything else unattainable. The cybergreens are about stuff people want, such as health, sex, glamour, hot products, awesome bandwidth, tech innovation and tons of money. We're gonna glam, spend and consume our way into planetary survival . ~ Bruce Sterling

84. Greening your Geek