The document discusses different frameworks for environmentalism and ecology, including egocentrism, homocentrism, ecocentrism, and deep ecology. It also discusses the principles of deep ecology put forth by Arne Naess, which include rejecting the man-in-environment image in favor of a relational, total-field approach and emphasizing biospherical egalitarianism, diversity, and decentralization. Additionally, it contrasts anthropocentrism and the dominant Western worldview with the new ecological paradigm.

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

7. Ecology
vs.
Environmentalism

8. 4
Ethical Frameworks

9. Egocentrism

10. Homocentrism

11. Ecocentrism

12. Deep Ecology

14. Ecosophy
A philosophy of ecological
harmony or equilibrium.

15. Ecosophy T

16. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

17. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

18. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

19. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

20. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

21. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

22. The Principles of Deep Ecology
Arne Naess, “The Shallow and the Deep, Long-Range Ecology Movement: A Summary,” Inquiry, 16 (1972): 95-100.
Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology, p.87.
• Rejection of the man-in-environment image
in favor of the relational, total-field image.
• Biospherical egalitarianism.
• Principles of diversity and of symbiosis.
• Anti-class posture.
• Fight against pollution and resource
depletion.
• Complexity, not complication.
• Local autonomy and decentralization.

23. Anthropocentrism

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

28. 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.

29. Eco-science

30. Chaos Theory

31. Food WEB
vs.
Food CHAIN

34. Bioregionalism

35. 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.

36. “An immanent dialectic
within phenomena”
• Humans are transformed by their relations
with nature, even as they transform nature by
their interactions with it.
• Nature is not just the passive receptor of
human action, but the active transformer of
human labor.
• Nature interacts with humanity to yield the
actualization of their common potentialities
in the natural and social worlds.

37. “An immanent dialectic
within phenomena”
• Humans are transformed by their relations
with nature, even as they transform nature by
their interactions with it.
• Nature is not just the passive receptor of
human action, but the active transformer of
human labor.
• Nature interacts with humanity to yield the
actualization of their common potentialities
in the natural and social worlds.

38. “An immanent dialectic
within phenomena”
• Humans are transformed by their relations
with nature, even as they transform nature by
their interactions with it.
• Nature is not just the passive receptor of
human action, but the active transformer of
human labor.
• Nature interacts with humanity to yield the
actualization of their common potentialities
in the natural and social worlds.

39. Cyber-Greens

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

42. 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

43. Greening your Geek

44. “The ruins of the
unsustainable are the
21st century’s
frontier.”
~ Bruce Sterling