TABLE 5.2 PARADIGMS OF "GROWTH/ENVIRONMENT"

 

"Dominant Social Paradigm"

"Deep Ecology Paradigm"

"economic growth"

"ecological sustainability"

Dominion over nature

Live in harmony with nature

Nature as a resource

All living things have equal value

Plenty of resources

Limited resources

Decisions made by authorities

Egalitarian participation

"High-technology"/Science-based solutions

"Appropriate-technology" solutions

"Consummerism" (disposable)

Meet "basic needs" (recyclable)

"material" wealth

"non-material" wealth

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.)


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