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Ecology is fundamentally different to the other sciences in that it describes a scope and an attitude of study, rather than a field. There is an ecology – and ecologists – of mathematics, behaviour, economics, physics, history, art, linguistics, psychology, warfare, and almost any other discipline that you can think of.
James Bridle • Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence
Ecological economists ask how we might build economic systems that meet citizens’ needs while aligning with ecological principles that allow long-term sustainability for people and for the planet.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
We tend to think of the environment as a subsystem of the economy, but it is entirely the other way around. We are part of nature, not separate from it.
Green Biz • We need to value natural capital | Greenbiz
This article aims to change the terms of the conversation about the ecological crisis. We argue that the human–nature dualism, a product of Enlightenment thought and primarily responsible for the ecological crisis, cannot be the basis for any meaningful solutions. We show how more recent Western imaginaries like the Anthropocene and Gaia proposed... See more