Social Ecology
Geography Essay—Social Ecology
Introduction
Social ecology is the conceptual principles for knowing the outcomes and relations of the diverse individual and environmental factors. Social ecology can be defined as the study of individuals within an environment, which have an impact on one another. It is believed to be the earth’s societies reflection upon itself, exploring, discovering, and considering its future (Gutkind, 1974). Factors of social ecology may include the infirmities of age, an increase of population, natural disasters, technology and the development of society. Within social ecology, it is essential to distinguish which people are unable to see the environmental crisis. This movement is placing all responsibility for destroying the world on humans as it is becoming overpopulated. There is no possible way of convincing all humans to change their way of life (Bookchin, 1995). However, rather have humans recognize and remove previous forms of power and destruction (Bookchin, 1995). The main standard of social ecology is the fact that problems arise from fundamental social issues (Dogan, Rokkan, 1974). These problems cannot be understood without acknowledging the social issues. The development, of certain technologies, social characteristics, cities and science all has caused a vast majority of problems to the earth, which leads back to humans.
1. What does your particular philosophy deem to be the primary cause of our current environmental woes?
Social ecology observes humans as the main cause of the destroyed earth, by overpopulation. The earth is made up of numerous people with different races and religions. It is because of the destructive habits men and women have created which have led to a polluted earth (Carlson, Felton, 2001). Murray Bookchin is the main contributor to the social ecology movement. Bookchin (1995) preaches that he feels human beings are aliens which have no place in a natural evolution and sees them as somewhat of an
Introduction
Social ecology is the conceptual principles for knowing the outcomes and relations of the diverse individual and environmental factors. Social ecology can be defined as the study of individuals within an environment, which have an impact on one another. It is believed to be the earth’s societies reflection upon itself, exploring, discovering, and considering its future (Gutkind, 1974). Factors of social ecology may include the infirmities of age, an increase of population, natural disasters, technology and the development of society. Within social ecology, it is essential to distinguish which people are unable to see the environmental crisis. This movement is placing all responsibility for destroying the world on humans as it is becoming overpopulated. There is no possible way of convincing all humans to change their way of life (Bookchin, 1995). However, rather have humans recognize and remove previous forms of power and destruction (Bookchin, 1995). The main standard of social ecology is the fact that problems arise from fundamental social issues (Dogan, Rokkan, 1974). These problems cannot be understood without acknowledging the social issues. The development, of certain technologies, social characteristics, cities and science all has caused a vast majority of problems to the earth, which leads back to humans.
1. What does your particular philosophy deem to be the primary cause of our current environmental woes?
Social ecology observes humans as the main cause of the destroyed earth, by overpopulation. The earth is made up of numerous people with different races and religions. It is because of the destructive habits men and women have created which have led to a polluted earth (Carlson, Felton, 2001). Murray Bookchin is the main contributor to the social ecology movement. Bookchin (1995) preaches that he feels human beings are aliens which have no place in a natural evolution and sees them as somewhat of an
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