Human Impact on Environmental Life; Is the “Anthropocene” Coming to an End?

Thus far, we have examined environmental Worldviews as they have evolved over time. The worldview effects and dictates how humans view and utilize their environment. The term “Anthropocene” is a proposed epoch of natural history which commenced when humans fist had impact on geological and natural systems. Inthe Environmental Ethics and Policy Book, 3rdedition, Donald...

Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Worldviews; the Growth of Anthropocentrism from Earth Wisdom to Planetary Management

      As Environmental Ethics has evolved from the ancient Greek and Romans, through the Medieval philosophies, and now to our modern environmental policies, the anthropocentrism of the environmental worldviews has dramatically increased. Ancient ethics supported by Pre-Socratics and Plato, took the stance of Environmental Wisdom, which is Biosphere and ecosystem centered. Medieval ethics,...

Introduction to Environmental Worldviews/Ethics