Ecophilosophy on deep ecology

Ecophilosophy on deep ecologyhttps://www.deepecology.net/tags/ecophilosophy/Recent content in Ecophilosophy on deep ecologyHugoen-auThu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000quote-deep-ecology-asks-for-a-radical-arne-naesshttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-deep-ecology-asks-for-a-radical-arne-naess/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-deep-ecology-asks-for-a-radical-arne-naess/<blockquote> <p>“Deep ecology asks for a radical rethinking of values, not only technology.” – Arne Naess</p></blockquote> <p><em>Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle</em></p>quote-identification-not-moralizing-often-leads-to-arne-naesshttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-identification-not-moralizing-often-leads-to-arne-naess/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-identification-not-moralizing-often-leads-to-arne-naess/<blockquote> <p>“Identification, not moralizing, often leads to beautiful actions.” – Arne Naess</p></blockquote> <p><em>Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle</em></p>quote-selfrealization-means-widening-the-self-identification-arne-naesshttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-self-realization-means-widening-the-self-identification-arne-naess/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-self-realization-means-widening-the-self-identification-arne-naess/<blockquote> <p>“Self-realization means widening the self: identification with a larger Self.” – Arne Naess</p></blockquote> <p><em>Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle</em></p>quote-the-ultimate-aims-of-deep-ecology-arne-naesshttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-the-ultimate-aims-of-deep-ecology-arne-naess/Thu, 25 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-the-ultimate-aims-of-deep-ecology-arne-naess/<blockquote> <p>“The ultimate aims of deep ecology can be summarized in a simple imperative: maximize self-realization! In other words, maximize our potential as living beings. We need beings to awaken.” – Arne Naess</p></blockquote> <p><em>Source: Ecology, Community and Lifestyle</em></p>Quote: John Seed; "Deep ecology looks at the spiritual disease..."https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/john-seed/quote-deep-ecology-looks-at-the-spiritual-disease-john-seed/Wed, 24 Sep 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/john-seed/quote-deep-ecology-looks-at-the-spiritual-disease-john-seed/<p><em>“Deep ecology looks at the spiritual disease that underlies the environmental crisis: the illusion of separation between humans and the rest of the natural world… In order to nourish our ecological identity, Naess called for the development of community therapies “which heal our relations with the widest community, that of all living beings.”</em> — John Seed</p>Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophyhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/websites/trumpeter-journal-of-ecosophy/Sun, 03 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/websites/trumpeter-journal-of-ecosophy/<p>![/images/Screenshot-2024-03-03-at-3.59.09%E2%80%AFpm-1024x410.jpg)</p> <p>An excellent resource for free, open access scholarly articles, letters and poems in the domain of Ecosophy: <a href="https://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/index">https://trumpeter.athabascau.ca/index.php/trumpet/index</a></p> <p>“Founded in 1983 by Alan Drengson of the University of Victoria, The Trumpeter is one of the oldest environmental philosophy journals in the world, and Canada’s oldest environmental humanities journal. It carries forth a proud tradition of critically exploring and analysing environmental concerns. Its contributors have included such luminaries as Wes Jackson, Wendell Berry, Warwick Fox, Tom Birch, Gary Snyder, Bill Devall, Dave Foreman, Holmes Rolston, III, Michael Zimmerman, Arne Naess, George Sessions, Dolores LaChapelle, Monika Langer, David Abram, Mary Midgley, Valerius Geist, Neil Evernden, Robyn Eckersley, Freya Matthews, Tom Regan, David Suzuki, Michael Soulé, Jim Cheney, Marti Kheel, Catriona Sandilands, Anthony Weston, and Vandana Shiva.”</p>Profile: Arne Naesshttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/arne-naess/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/arne-naess/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/profile_image_arne_naess.jpg" alt="Arne Naess portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>Arne Naess was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term “deep ecology” in 1973, fundamentally reshaping environmental thought and activism. Born in Oslo in 1912, he became Norway’s youngest professor at age 27 and would spend seven decades developing a philosophy that challenged humanity’s relationship with the natural world.</p> <p>In 1937, Naess built a small mountain hut called Tvergastein at 1,500 meters above sea level in the mountains of central Norway. This austere retreat became the birthplace of his most influential ideas. There, surrounded by stone and sky, he developed what he called “Ecosophy T” - a personal ecological philosophy that integrated insights from Spinoza, Gandhi, and Buddhist thought with his direct experience of nature’s grandeur.</p>Profile: Joanna Macyhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/joanna-macy/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/joanna-macy/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/profile_image_joanna_macy.jpg" alt="Joanna Macy portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>Joanna Macy (1929-2025) was a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology. Born in Los Angeles, she earned her PhD and spent five decades developing the Work That Reconnects, a group methodology for addressing ecological grief and cultivating engagement.</p> <p>Macy studied at Wellesley College and conducted doctoral research on systems theory and Buddhist philosophy. Her academic work explored connections between Buddhist concepts of dependent co-arising and contemporary systems thinking. In the late 1970s, she began developing what she initially called “Despair and Empowerment Work,” proposing that people needed structured ways to acknowledge grief about ecological and social conditions.</p>Profile: John Seedhttps://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/john-seed/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/john-seed/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/bio_photo_john_seed.jpg" alt="John Seed portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>John Seed is an Australian environmental activist who co-created the Council of All Beings practice and founded the Rainforest Information Centre. His work connects direct action rainforest protection with experiential deep ecology practices.</p> <p>Born in Australia, Seed became involved in rainforest protection campaigns in 1979. His participation in direct actions contributed to the protection of Australian rainforests during the 1980s. In 1984 he helped establish the US Rainforest Action Network, organizing roadshows that connected Australian forest campaigns with North American audiences. He produced the documentary “Earth First!” for Australian national television in 1987, documenting rainforest protection efforts.</p>Quote: Arne Naess; ““The smaller one comes to feel…”https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-the-smaller-one-comes-to-feel-arne-naess/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-the-smaller-one-comes-to-feel-arne-naess/<p><em>“The smaller one comes to feel compared to the mountain, the nearer one comes to sharing in its greatness. I don’t know why this is so.”</em> - Arne Naess</p> <p>—</p>quote: Arne Naess; “Care flows naturally if the self is widened…”https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-care-flows-naturally-if-the-self-is-widened-arne-naess/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/arne-naess/quote-care-flows-naturally-if-the-self-is-widened-arne-naess/<p><em>“Care flows naturally if the self is widened and deepened so that protection of free nature is felt and conceived of as protection of our very selves.”</em> - Arne Naess</p> <p>—</p>Quote: Joanna Macy; "All life is interdependent; we cannot survive without the web of relationships that sustain us."https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/joanna-macy/quote-all-life-is-interdependent-joanna-macy/Thu, 29 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/quotes/joanna-macy/quote-all-life-is-interdependent-joanna-macy/<p>“All life is interdependent; we cannot survive without the web of relationships that sustain us.”</p> <p>– Joanna Macy</p> <p>Source: Coming Back to Life, 1998</p>