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"Dominant Social Paradigm" |
"Deep Ecology Paradigm" |
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"economic growth" |
"ecological sustainability" |
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Dominion over nature |
Live in harmony with nature |
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Nature as a resource |
All living things have equal value |
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Plenty of resources |
Limited resources |
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Decisions made by authorities |
Egalitarian participation |
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"High-technology"/Science-based solutions |
"Appropriate-technology" solutions |
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"Consummerism" (disposable) |
Meet "basic needs" (recyclable) |
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"material" wealth |
"non-material" wealth |
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Control is "Centralized" |
"Decentralized" control |
(Adapted from Redclift's interpretation of R. Sylvan's work; Redclift 1995:44; Sylvan 1985, "A Critique of Deep Ecology," In Radical Philosophy, Pp. 40-41.)