Challenges of a Green Future
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2017
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Kramer, G.J.
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Kiesecker, J.M.
Naugle, D.E.
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In the book Nature’s Economy, the intellectual historian and writer Donald Worster describes how humans’ view of nature has been bookended by two different intellectual traditions through the centuries: Arcadianism and imperialism. The idea of Arcadia is inspired by humans’ desire to live in harmony with nature, while imperialism represents the equally human urge to dominate it. Most of us are torn between the two, dreaming about and striving for harmony with nature, yet in our actions we are utter imperialists.
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Kramer, G J 2017, Challenges of a Green Future. in J M Kiesecker & D E Naugle (eds), Energy Sprawl Solutions - Balancing Global Development and Conservation. Island Press, pp. 20-30. https://doi.org/10.5822/978-1-61091-723-0_2