Ecocentrism

Cf. anthropocentrism, biocentrism, zoocentrism, etc.

References

Kopnina, Helen. ‘Ecocentric Education’. In Encyclopedia of Sustainability in Higher Education, edited by Walter Leal Filho, 1–7. Cham: Springer, 2019. https://doi.org/10/dff7.

Taylor, Bron, Guillaume Chapron, Helen Kopnina, Ewa Orlikowska, Joe Gray, and John Piccolo. ‘The Need for Ecocentrism in Biodiversity Conservation’. Conservation Biology 34, no. 5 (2020): 1089–96. https://doi.org/10/d99b.

Washington, Haydn, Bron Taylor, Helen Kopnina, Paul Cryer, and John J Piccolo. ‘Why Ecocentrism Is the Key Pathway to Sustainability’. The Ecological Citizen 1 (2017): 35–41.

Criticism

Prefers systems to individuals?

Fails to protect abiotic systems?

Fails to establish clear goals or value one ecosystem over another?

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