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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"ecocentrism"”.
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The Terraforming of Mars as Seen Through the Lens of Biocentrism and Ecocentrism
… to investigate whether biocentrism and ecocentrism can serve as a viable ethical framework to guide human space exploration in general and the terraforming and colonisation of Mars in particular. The first part involves the provision of the necessary background information: the history …
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Tendências de consideração moral e ensino de ciências: veiculação e perspectivas em uma sala de aula no município de Ouriçangas-Ba
… anthropocentrism, sentiocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism and socio-ecocentrism. In science classrooms, the approach to these categories includes the attitudinal dimension of the content and can be included in teaching processes, given their very epistemic nature. Thus, our study aimed to …
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Reflecting on South Africa's recent jurisprudence relating to estuaries through the lens of nature - Is it providing key guidance or evidence of missed opportunities?
… nature's interest over that of human beings. Ecocentrism as opposed to the traditional anthropocentric approach that favours human interests supports ecological interests and the rights of nature. Ecocentrists regard humans as part of the whole ecological community on planet earth, and claim …
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Chinese eco-films and their pastoral myth
… between garden and machine, anthropocentrism and ecocentrism, and Tityrus and Meliboeus in American pastoralism, then explains why such simplification does not work on Chinese screen, and finally studies how Chinese filmmakers reconstruct their pastoral myth in three major steps: first, to …
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Human and nature at conflict: a case study of Mauritius flying fox, Pteropus niger
… as multi-species thinking, political ecology, ecocentrism versus anthropocentrism, storytelling to create new ecological narratives and urban ecology are used to frame the discussion of this case study.
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Love and ecology as an integrative force for good and as resistance to the commodification of nature and planetary harms: Introducing Fluminism.
… position, alternative to biocentrism (Taylor), ecocentrism (Naess) and anthro-pocentrism (Passmore), and innately insubordinate to the consumption patterns of a di-visive and distorted socio-political and economic value system. Emotion and rationale are inseperable (Milton), and in terms of …
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Green political theory: nature, virtue and progress
… the human productive use of nature. While its ecocentrism is rejected as the normative basis for green politics, its concern with virtue ethics is held to be an important contribution. In chapter 3, a self-reflexive version of anthropocentrism is developed as the most appropriate moral basis …
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Assessing the Social Acceptability of Endophyte-Assisted Phytoremediation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons: A Case Study at Gas Works Park
… at Gas Works Park. Additionally, ecocentrism and concern were shown to be significant predictors of phytoremediation acceptability. Risk and anthropocentrism were not significant predictors of acceptability. Results and implications are discussed, and suggestions are made for …
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Reconciling humans with nature : using Marx's dialectical materialism to critically explore philosophy and politics in contemporary environmentalism and to develop a perspective on environmental justice
… dualism expressed by technocentrism and ecocentrism and offers a more dynamic, historical, and ecological perspective on the changing relations between humans and' their natural environment. As humans we are also apart from nature. We have a unique capacity to stand aside and consciously …
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The Sixth Creek
… Once again the common thread of ecocentrism is located and the effectiveness of didactic advocacy is explored with regard to the stated activist intentions in writing The Sixth Creek. The Sixth Creek and exegesis illuminate and contextualise each other; the dual result of an …
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Human-nature relationships and nutrient management practices of Illinois farmers
… to parallel the typology’s spectrum from ecocentrism to anthropocentrism, with the most ecocentric type expected to have the strongest association. (4) Human-nature relationships are expected to be most closely associated with interest in conservation, followed by willingness to adopt …
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Concepções ambientalistas dos professores : suas implicações em educação ambiental
… do valor intrínseco dos outros seres vivos) e o ecocentrismo (atribuição de valor não instrumental a entidades holísticas, como os ecossistemas). De igual modo quisemos verificar a incidência destas mesmas perspectivas na fundamentação e objectivos dos projectos de EA que os professores …
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Stewardship gardening: multifarious meanings through community, ecology, and food
Faith-based organizations throughout the United States are creating gardens with a variety of visions and results. Ten such gardens were present in Champaign and Urbana, IL in 2010. This phenomenon of faith-based gardening is designated as stewardship gardening within this thesis. While these …