Environmental Perspectives

1. tend to emphasize the need to pull back from consumerism (sometimes even from industrialization itself) and emphasize local solutions, short supply chains and direct connection to the land
4. belonging naturally; essential.
5. a contemporary ecological and environmental philosophy characterized by its advocacy of the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, and advocacy for a radical restructuring of modern human societies in accordance with such ideas
8. environmentalism is a belief that sustainable innovation is the best path to lasting prosperity, and that any vision of sustainability which does not offer prosperity and well-being will not succeed
9. is a futurist who believes that continued progress and provision of material items for mankind can be met by similarly continued advances in technology
12. How individuals think the world works, what they think their role in the world should be, and what they believe is right and wrong environmental behavior
13. regarding humankind as the central or most important element of existence, especially as opposed to God or animals
14. an ecologist who relies on their own capabilities, judgment, or resources
16. a term that denotes a value system that is centered on technology and its ability to control and protect the environment
18. disinformation disseminated by an organization so as to present an environmentally responsible public image

2. a philosophy or perspective that places intrinsic value on all living organisms and their natural environment, regardless of their perceived usefulness or importance to human beings
3. believe that all species have inherent value, and that humans are not "superior" to other species in a moral or ethical sense
6. How a person sees or values environmental issues
7. is responsible for overseeing the environmental performance of private, public and voluntary sector organisations
10. a person, esp a politician, who is in favour of taking extreme measures to tackle environmentalist issues
11. an eco-technology firm selling custom made licenses for the production of biofuels (ethanol, butanol and methane) from celluloses waste, headquartered in Hardenberg, The Netherlands
15. tend to emphasize lifestyle/behavioral/consumer change as key to sustainability, or at least as the best mechanism for triggering broader changes
17. characterized by comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole