After rummaging through many old academic papers, I found this quick little definition of Deep Ecology worth posting as a quick introduction:
The environmentalism of Spiritual Deep Ecology senses that the suffering of the earth is exacerbated by the divisions in perception created by Anthropocentrism that distance humanity from a more planetary awareness. The premises of Deep Ecology re-envision the place of humanity on Earth by removing the divisions of ‘self’ and ‘other’ precipitated by anthropocentrism. Deep Ecology asks for a paradigm shift in our perception by proposing a new paradigm that manifests a biocentric worldview, focusing on interdependance and interconnectedness.
Deep Ecology calls for a shift our thinking by asking us to reconsider our place in space. It asks us to reconsider the Self in the context of the interdependent web of life. Deep Ecology pleads for a shift away from anthropocentrism towards a more Geocentric or Biocentric viewpoint, so as to encompass the earth and the cosmos in the sacred paradigm of Self.
According to Fritjof Capra, major problems cannot be understood in isolation and all the problems of our ecological crisis are different facets of one single crisis, which is essentially a crisis of perception. All natural systems are wholes, nothing exists in isolation–including humans. Human perceptions have profound influence on the environment and ecology of place. An understanding of perceptions contributes to a greater understanding of the dynamics of interdependence between places and people.
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