Slide show prepared for a series of lectures on environmentalism for PS 240 Introduction to Political Theory at the University of Kentucky, Fall 2007. Dr. Christopher S. Rice, Lecturer.
29. Dominant Western Worldview (DWW) + Human Exceptionalism Paradigm (HPP) vs. New Ecological Paradigm (NEP)
30. Source: William R. Catton, Jr. and Riley Dunlap. “A New Ecological Paradigm for Post-Exuberant Sociology,” American Behavioral Scientist , 24, no. 1 (Sept./Oct. 1980): 34. Also Carolyn Merchant, Radical Ecology , pp. 90-91.
60. Ecosystem A distinct human and natural community including the social as well as the organic factors that interrelate with each other to provide the basis for an ecologically rounded and balanced community.
73. “ Email burns oil and shits filth into your air” ~ Bruce Sterling, Viridiandesign.org
74. They're all about creating irresistible consumer demand for cool objects that will yield a global atmosphere upgrade. It's the Net vs. the 20th-century fossil order in a fight that the cybergreens are winning. Why? Because they're not about spiritual potential, human decency, small is beautiful, peace, justice or anything else unattainable. The cybergreens are about stuff people want, such as health, sex, glamour, hot products, awesome bandwidth, tech innovation and tons of money. We're gonna glam, spend and consume our way into planetary survival . ~ Bruce Sterling