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United Nations, European Union, Global Governance: Articles | Environmentalism: Index of Quotations
Environmentalism: Index of Articles | Environmentalism: Websites and Materials | Environmentalism: Some Scriptures
"[C]urrent lifestyles and consumption patterns of the affluent middle class - involving high meat intake, use of fossil fuels, appliances, home and work-place air-conditioning, suburban housing - are not sustainable. A shift is necessary, which will require a vast strengthening of the multilateral system, including the United Nations" [Maurice Strong, opening speech at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development].
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Three Views of the Earth
© Berit Kjos (1992)
Deep Ecology (Biocentric) |
Humanist Green Activism (Anthropocentric) |
Christian Stewardship (Theocentric) |
Earth-centered |
Human-centered |
God-centered |
Mother Earth evolved, and nurtures and organizes her parts |
Earth and man evolved by chance |
God created the earth and its inhabitants |
Humans and animals are expressions of Mother Earth |
Human animals are responsible for earth |
God told His people to use and care for the earth |
Wisdom from Nature |
Wisdom from self |
Wisdom from God (the Bible) |
Connect with Gaia through ritual, celebration, drugs, meditation, sex |
Connect with nature through human mind, emotions, experience |
Commune with God through prayer, praise, biblical meditation |
Help Earth save herself by hearing her spirit and heeding her wisdom (spiritism) |
Save Earth by trusting human nature |
Care for the earth by trusting God's Word, receiving His strength and guidance |
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