In practice, deep ecologists support decentralization, the creation of ecoregions, the breakdown of industrialism in its current form, and an end to authoritarianism. Deep ecology is not normally considered a distinct movement, but as part of the green movement. The deep ecological movement could be defined as those within the green movement who hold deep ecological views. Deep ecologists welcome the labels "Gaian" and "Green" (including the broader political implications of this term, e.g. commitment to peace). Deep ecology has had a ...

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Deep ecology, Deep ecology - Development, Deep ecology - Scientific, Deep ecology - Spiritual, Deep ecology - Experiential, Deep ecology - Principles, Deep ecology - Movement, Deep ecology - Criticisms, Deep ecology - Deep ecology is misanthropy, Deep ecology - Deepness, Deep ecology - Ecofeminist response, Deep ecology - Misunderstanding scientific information, Deep ecology - Interests in nature, Deep ecology - Deep ecology as not deep enough, Deep ecology - Socially Biased, Deep ecology - Notable advocates of deep ecology, Deep ecology - Notes

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Ecology movement, Ecology movement - Looking under the umbrella

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Deep ecology - Deep ecology is misanthropy. Some critics contend that deep ecology is misanthropic, in that it advocates a reduction in human population. Deep ecologists' views on the natural role of epidemic disease and famine have been interpreted negatively to support this position. Deep ecologists would defend themselves against charges of misanthropy by pointing out that population reduction can be achieved by lowering birth rates. They would also counter that scarcity increases value and excessively high po ...

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Deep ecology, Deep ecology - Development, Deep ecology - Scientific, Deep ecology - Spiritual, Deep ecology - Experiential, Deep ecology - Principles, Deep ecology - Movement, Deep ecology - Criticisms, Deep ecology - Deep ecology is misanthropy, Deep ecology - Deepness, Deep ecology - Ecofeminist response, Deep ecology - Misunderstanding scientific information, Deep ecology - Interests in nature, Deep ecology - Deep ecology as not deep enough, Deep ecology - Socially Biased, Deep ecology - Notable advocates of deep ecology, Deep ecology - Notes

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Conservationists are proponents or advocates of conservation, especially those who advocate the conservation of all the species in an ecosystem. Conservation is a part of the wider environmental movement. See also. Conservation movement List of Environmentalists (includes conservationists) Conservation ethic Conservation biology Conservation ecology Ecology movement Environmental movement Environmenta ...

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Today, there is a worldwide movement to protect the environment. But this concern has been part of the Indian ethos since ages.

The five basic elements - kshit i (soil), jal (water), panak (fire), gagan (sky or ether) and sameer (air) from which life has emerged - have all been objects of worship, forming an integral part of Indian tradition. The elements are deified, as they are believed to be protectors of jeevan tatva (life). But they can protect and bless us only if we give them due respect.

(See also: Hinduism and Ecology, Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Ecology, or ecological science, is the scientific study of the distribution and abundance of living organisms and how these properties are affected by interactions between the organisms and their environment. The environment of an organism includes both the physical properties, which can be described as the sum of local abiotic factors like climate and geology, as well as the other organisms that share its habitat. The term oekologie was coined in 1866 by the German biologist Ernst Haeckel; the word is derived from the G ...

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• Ecology - Scope
• Ecology - Disciplines of ecology
• Ecology - History of ecology
• Ecology - Fundamental principles of ecology
• Ecology - Biosphere and biodiversity
• Ecology - The ecosystem concept
• Ecology - Dynamics and stability
• Ecology - Spatial relationships and subdivisions of land
• Ecology - Ecosystem productivity
• Ecology - Ecological crisis

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The Conservation movement seeks to protect plant and animal species as well as the habitats they live in from harmful human influences. The contemporary environmental movement and the Conservation movement have grown together in modern times, as the Sierra Club and Audubon Society have come to reflect the broader ethics of a more diverse society. It continues to admire and use nature, and assign it varying ethical significance. Today it is more correct to say that there is no clear distinction between the conservation ...

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• Conservation movement - History
• Conservation movement - Religious influence
• Conservation movement - Sources

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Simple living (similar but not identical to voluntary simplicity or voluntary poverty) is a lifestyle individuals may pursue for a variety of motivations, such as spirituality, health, or ecology. Others may choose simple living for reasons of social justice or a rejection of consumerism. Some may emphasize an explicit rejection of "western values", while others choose to live more simply for reasons of personal ...

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• Simple living - History
• Simple living - Practice
• Simple living - Politics
• Simple living - Technology
• Simple living - Other non-religious approaches

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Corsica (French: Corse; Corsican: Corsica) is the fourth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea (after Sicily, Sardinia, and Cyprus). It is located west of Italy, southeast of France, and north of the island of Sardinia. Corsica is one of the 26 régions of France, although strictly speaking Corsica is called a "territorial collectivity" (collectivité territoriale) by law. As a territorial collectivity, it enjoys powers slightly more important than other French régions, but for the most par ...

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• Corsica - Geography
• Corsica - Ecology
• Corsica - History
• Corsica - Administration
• Corsica - Economy
• Corsica - Politics

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The Conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to protect the natural world. Conservation ethic - Introduction. To conserve habitat in terrestrial ecoregions and stop deforestation is a goal widely shared by many groups with a wide vari ...

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• Conservation ethic - Introduction
• Conservation ethic - Usage of term
• Conservation ethic - History of biological conservation
• Conservation ethic - Romantic-Transcendental
• Conservation ethic - Resource Conservation
• Conservation ethic - Evolutionary-Ecological
• Conservation ethic - External link

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Conservation may refer to the following: Conservation ethic in relation to preserving ecosystems Conservationist Conservation movement Conservation ecology Conservation biology Energy conservation in reducing non-renewable energy consumption Conservation law of physics Conservation of energy Conservation of mass Conservation (genetics) in genetics Conservation (botany) in botanical nomenclature ...

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Vandana Shiva (born November 5, 1952) is a physicist, philosopher, ecofeminist, environmental activist and writer. Vandana was born in Dehra Dun, Uttaranchal State, which was formerly a part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. She participated in the Chipko movement during the 1970s. The movement, whose main participants were women, adopted the tactic of hugging trees to prevent their felling. In 1982, she founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology. Initiatives of this foundation are the organic farmi ...

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An organisation or organization (see usage note) is a formal group of people with one or more shared goals. This topic is a broad one. Organisations are studied by researchers from several disciplines: sociology, economics, political science, psychology, engineering, etc. The area is commonly referred to as organisation theory, organisational behaviour or organisation analysis. it however consists of a number of different theories and perspectives, some of which are compatible and others that are competing. Among those t ...

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• Organisation - Usage
• Organisation - Pyramids or hierarchies
• Organisation - Committees or juries
• Organisation - Staff organisation or cross-functional team
• Organisation - Matrix organisation
• Organisation - Ecologies
• Organisation - Chaordic organisations
• Organisation - Related lists

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Volk is a German (and Dutch) word meaning "people" or "folk". It is commonly used as prefix in words such as Volksentscheid (plebiscite) or Völkerbund (League of Nations), or the car manufacturer Volkswagen (literally, "people's car"). A number of völkisch movements were set up in Germany after World War I. Combining interest in folklore, ecology, occultism and romanticism with ethnic nationalism, their ideologies were a strong influence on the Nazi party, which itself was inspired by Adolf Hitler's member ...

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Ecology has shown us that ecosystems exist in a state of dynamic equilibrium, and can absorb only limited change by humans, or any environmental actor. Environmentalists contend that massive human economic activity has pushed the biosphere far from homeostasis through reduction of biodiversity and climate change. A consequence of this analysis is that the prevailing ideology of western civilisation is leading to mass extinction. This has prompted the need for new philosophical paradigms, such as deep ecology, which can guide human ...

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Deep ecology, Deep ecology - Development, Deep ecology - Scientific, Deep ecology - Spiritual, Deep ecology - Experiential, Deep ecology - Principles, Deep ecology - Movement, Deep ecology - Criticisms, Deep ecology - Deep ecology is misanthropy, Deep ecology - Deepness, Deep ecology - Ecofeminist response, Deep ecology - Misunderstanding scientific information, Deep ecology - Interests in nature, Deep ecology - Deep ecology as not deep enough, Deep ecology - Socially Biased, Deep ecology - Notable advocates of deep ecology, Deep ecology - Notes

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Cascadia is the geological, ecological and climatic region of North America bounded by the Cascade Range and the Pacific Ocean. Its ecoregions are distinct from those of the more arid lands to the east and south, and so its agriculture and forestry also vary. Some claim that the region also has a shared political culture. In his book Nine Nations of North America, author Joel Garreau claimed that the Pacific Rim region he called Ecotopia had a different culture from that of what he called The Empty Quarter to the ...

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• Cascadia - Secessionist and autonomy movements and ideas
• Cascadia - Cascadia Megacity
• Cascadia - Other meanings: A proposed county in Washington & an Oregon ghost town

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Neopaganism (sometimes Neo-Paganism) describes a heterogeneous group of new religious movements, particularly those influenced by ancient, mainly pre-Christian and sometimes pre-Judaic religions. Often these are Indo-European in origin, but with a growing component inspired by other religions indigenous to Europe, such as Finno-Ugric, as well as those of other parts of the world. As th ...

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• Neopaganism - History
• Neopaganism - Historical sources
• Neopaganism - Ecological and mystical currents
• Neopaganism - Pantheon
• Neopaganism - Worship and Ritual
• Neopaganism - Number of adherents
• Neopaganism - Concepts of divinity
• Neopaganism - Neopagan views of gods and gender
• Neopaganism - Traditions
• Neopaganism - Reconstructionist
• Neopaganism - Syncretist and eclectic
• Neopaganism - Related theological concepts
• Neopaganism - Usage of the term 'Neopagan'
• Neopaganism - Sources

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History of ecology - The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt. Throughout the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century, the great maritime powers such as Britain, Spain, and Portugal launched many world exploratory expeditions to develop maritime commerce with other countries, and to discover new natural resources, as well as to catalog them. At the beginning of the 18th century, about twenty thousand plant species were known, vers ...

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History of ecology, History of ecology - 18th and 19th century ~ Ecological murmurs, History of ecology - The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt, History of ecology - The notion of biocoenosis: Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, History of ecology - Early 20th century ~ Expansion of ecological thought, History of ecology - The biosphere - Eduard Suess Henry Chandler Cowles and Vladimir Vernadsky, History of ecology - The ecosystem: Arthur Tansley, History of ecology - Ecological Succession - Henry Chandler Cowles, History of ecology - Human ecology, History of ecology - Modern ecology comes of age, History of ecology - James Lovelock and the Gaia hypothesis, History of ecology - Conservation and environmental movements, History of ecology - Ecology and global policy

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History of ecology - The biosphere - Eduard Suess Henry Chandler Cowles and Vladimir Vernadsky. By the 19th century, ecology blossomed due to new discoveries in chemistry by Lavoisier and de Saussure, notably the nitrogen cycle. After observing the fact that life developed only within strict limits of each compartment that makes up the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and lithosphere, the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess proposed the term biosphere in 1875. Suess proposed the name biosphere for the conditions promoting life, suc ...

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History of ecology, History of ecology - 18th and 19th century ~ Ecological murmurs, History of ecology - The botanical geography and Alexander von Humboldt, History of ecology - The notion of biocoenosis: Charles Darwin and Alfred Wallace, History of ecology - Early 20th century ~ Expansion of ecological thought, History of ecology - The biosphere - Eduard Suess Henry Chandler Cowles and Vladimir Vernadsky, History of ecology - The ecosystem: Arthur Tansley, History of ecology - Ecological Succession - Henry Chandler Cowles, History of ecology - Human ecology, History of ecology - Modern ecology comes of age, History of ecology - James Lovelock and the Gaia hypothesis, History of ecology - Conservation and environmental movements, History of ecology - Ecology and global policy

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Largely due to this political critique and confusion, and a growing concern with the environmental health problems caused by pesticides, some serious biologists and ecologists created the scientific ecology movement which would not confuse empirical data with visions of a desirable future world. Today it is the science of ecology, rather than any aesthetic goals, that provide the basis of unity to most environmentalists. All would accept some level of scientific input into decisions about biodiversity or forest use. Conserva ...

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Environmental movement, Environmental movement - Scope of the movement, Environmental movement - Environmental versus Conservation movement, Environmental movement - Rationale for the Environmental movement, Environmental movement - Environmental rights, Environmental movement - Role of science, Environmental movement - Renewed focus on local action, Environmental movement - Criticisms of the Environmental Movement

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