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Towards a New Cosmology of Environment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Murray May
Murray May*
Affiliation:
Department of Arts, Heritage & Environment, Canberra
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to review and integrate a number of concepts and perspectives recently developed or revived which challenge society's current attitudes towards the environment. The concepts discussed include, for example, ecophilosophy and deep ecology, holism, cultural transformation, the Gaia hypothesis, transpersonalism and world, national and state conservation strategies.

It is concluded that the notion of living in harmony with nature is central to any view spirituality. The implications of this view in terms of individual personal action are discussed.

Type
Feature Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 4 , September 1988 , pp. 9 - 21
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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