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1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE SYSTEMS (Ecocentrists (Deep ecologists (put more…
1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL VALUE SYSTEMS
Ecocentrists
Self reliant soft ecologists
self-sufficiency in resource management
Deep ecologists
put more value on nature than humanity
extreme ecocentrists
puts ecology and nature as central to humanity, emphasizes less materialistic approach to life
life-centred
, respects the rights of nature and the dependance of humans on nature
selfish to think we can manage the nature when we do not know how they interact
Technocentrists
believes technological developments can provide solutions to environmental problems
Environmental managers
stewardship worldview- ethical duty to protect and nurture the Earth
there are problems,governments need to be in charge
Cornucopians
Seeing the world as having infinite resources to benefit humanity
free-market economy as the best way to manage markets and the planet
extreme technocentrists
technology-centred
Anthropocentrists
believes humans must sustainably manage the global system
through use of taxes, regulations and legislation
people-centred
EVS
Buddha
Sufferings exists, arises from attachment to desires
believe in balance of nature, thus more ecocentric (diet also benefit environment)
Native American
Low impact technologies
communal property (no one owns them)
Judaeo- Christian
Man in charge of nature
Nature created by God to mankind
more anthropocentric
Examples of environmental awareness
The Kyoto Protocol
Rachel Carson "The Silent Spring"
Rio Earth Summit