What do you think about the “eight-point Deep Ecology Platform”?
I imagine this list was quite radical when it was first proposed, and maybe it is still radical for some. I believe we live in a beautiful and diverse world and I don't understand the inclination to waste or use and abuse any of it. Growing up in the central valley there was always some environmental issue being raised. Depletion of the salmon in the San Joaquin, whether or not to allow a cement company to rip the top off a mountain (that just so happened to be sacred to the Choinumni Yokuts), increased asthma due to smog. Politicians and business men are so willing to sign away our natural world in exchange for profits or political backing. I just don't get a worldview that sees nature as a lifeless thing to be conquered. The earth is not a big box store full of resources to plunder, it is a finite resource that will continue to produce for us only so long as we DO NOT DESTROY HER. Seems simple enough to me! I think the Eight-Point Deep Ecology Platform is a very concise way to address the paradigm shifts that are necessary if we as a species want to survive or at least leave behind a planet that can overcome the damage we've done once we plunder our way to extinction.
Can you explain why “Ecosystems are both strong and fragile”?
The earth is incredibly resilient and I hope it will be able to recover from the damage done by humans. Ecosystems are both strong and fragile as they are adaptable and yet the smallest change can have devastating effects.
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