What Does it Mean to be 'Green'?: Sustainability, Respect & Spirituality (English Edition) [Kindle-editie] beoordelingen het boek quotes

Most people believe that they know what it means to be 'green'. But do they? This book explores what it means to live a 'green' life for an individual human, and what it means for the human species to be a 'green' species. The conclusion is a provocative one - that at the level of an individual human being 'green' is about the possession of a particular attitude to life and the universe, whilst at the level of the human species being 'green' is about the sustainability of the biosphere. This may sound like an obvious conclusion to reach, but it entails that high levels of human resource use and the development of increasingly complex human technologies are 'green' actions which are necessary for sustainability. So, if you believe that being 'green' is about minimising human impacts/minimising human resource use then prepare to have your beliefs challenged.There is a widespread, and largely unquestioned, belief concerning what it means to be 'green'. In this book the author shows that what it means to be 'green' is actually a very complex issue with numerous factors needing to be considered. He outlines a narrow conception of sustainability which applies solely to human resource use/impacts, and a broad conception of sustainability which applies to the sustainability of the biosphere. He makes the case that the broad conception of sustainability - the sustainability of the biosphere - is really what 'being green' is about. Being 'green' isn't about 'minimising human impacts'; it is about fulfilling the interests of all life on Earth. What this means is that, from a broad evolutionary perspective, high levels of human resource use can be seen as 'green' activities. It is claimed that when it comes to an individual human 'being green' is fundamentally about having a particular attitude, rather than being simply about using few resources. The nature of this attitude is explored through an exploration of 'green spirituality' and the case is made for a new paradigm of 'green-tech spirituality'.