最近，美国科学家James E．Hansen在2005美国地球物理学会（AGU）年会上的报告中警告我们：“还有时间避免全球气候的‘危险人为干扰’吗？”…，其后在2006年的纽约市新社会研究学院（New School for Social Research）大会上，再次发...最近，美国科学家James E．Hansen在2005美国地球物理学会（AGU）年会上的报告中警告我们：“还有时间避免全球气候的‘危险人为干扰’吗？”…，其后在2006年的纽约市新社会研究学院（New School for Social Research）大会上，再次发出警告：“我们还能避免危险的人为气候变化吗？”展开更多
Attempts to understand and respond to the threat of anthropogenic climate change,the defining challenge of our era,increasingly reveal the inadequacy of the dominant conceptual systems of thought.Recognizing the need ...Attempts to understand and respond to the threat of anthropogenic climate change,the defining challenge of our era,increasingly reveal the inadequacy of the dominant conceptual systems of thought.Recognizing the need for a fundamental change in the dominant models of industrial development,the concept of sustainability has quickly become the idea around which contemporary environmentalism is centered.This essay argues that while the concept of sustainability is important,it ultimately does not address the root of the ecological crisis.With Aldo Leopold(1887-1948),I argue that it is an"evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity"that we develop what he calls a"land ethic."If we are truly to address the root causes of the ecological crisis,humanity must stop conceiving of proper land use merely in terms of economic expedience and recognize that we are ultimately a member and citizen of the wider"biotic community."In the end,green development is development which is compatible with the integrity,stability,and beauty of the nature.展开更多
文摘最近，美国科学家James E．Hansen在2005美国地球物理学会（AGU）年会上的报告中警告我们：“还有时间避免全球气候的‘危险人为干扰’吗？”…，其后在2006年的纽约市新社会研究学院（New School for Social Research）大会上，再次发出警告：“我们还能避免危险的人为气候变化吗？”
文摘Attempts to understand and respond to the threat of anthropogenic climate change,the defining challenge of our era,increasingly reveal the inadequacy of the dominant conceptual systems of thought.Recognizing the need for a fundamental change in the dominant models of industrial development,the concept of sustainability has quickly become the idea around which contemporary environmentalism is centered.This essay argues that while the concept of sustainability is important,it ultimately does not address the root of the ecological crisis.With Aldo Leopold(1887-1948),I argue that it is an"evolutionary possibility and an ecological necessity"that we develop what he calls a"land ethic."If we are truly to address the root causes of the ecological crisis,humanity must stop conceiving of proper land use merely in terms of economic expedience and recognize that we are ultimately a member and citizen of the wider"biotic community."In the end,green development is development which is compatible with the integrity,stability,and beauty of the nature.
