https://www.deepecology.net/tags/george-sessions/Recent content in George-Sessions on deep ecologyHugoen-auTue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/george-sessions/Tue, 07 Oct 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/profiles/george-sessions/<p><img src="https://www.deepecology.net/images/profile_image_george_sessions.jpg" alt="George Sessions portrait photograph" loading="lazy" decoding="async"> </p> <p>George Sessions (1938-2016) was an American philosopher who co-developed the Deep Ecology Platform with Arne Naess. He taught philosophy at Sierra College in Rocklin, California for nearly fifty years, where he served as department chair.</p> <p>Sessions co-authored <em>Deep Ecology: Living as if Nature Mattered</em> (1985) with Bill Devall, one of the first comprehensive presentations of deep ecology philosophy for North American readers. The book examined the philosophical, psychological, and social dimensions of the environmental movement, proposing an ecocentric rather than anthropocentric approach to nature.</p>https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-the-deep-ecology-platform-naess-sessions/Fri, 22 Apr 2022 00:00:00 +0000https://www.deepecology.net/posts/essays/essay-the-deep-ecology-platform-naess-sessions/<p>In April 1984, during the advent of Spring and John Muir’s birthday, George Sessions and Arne Næss summarized fifteen years of thinking on the principles of deep ecology while camping in Death Valley, California. They articulated these principles in a literal, somewhat neutral way, hoping that they would be understood and accepted by persons coming from different philosophical and religious positions.</p> <p>Readers are encouraged to elaborate their own versions of deep ecology, clarify key concepts and think through the consequences of acting from these principles.</p>