ENV333H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Land Ethic, Macrobiotic Diet, David Suzuki
23 Nov 2020
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Env333 lecture 7: deep ecology and gaia: biocentrism. Gaia and notion of cooperation as being as important for life on this planet as competition, this notion of cooperation raised by lynn margulas and james lovelock. Talked about endosymbiosis - where two organisms work so closely together that they almost become one in the same organisms, hard to tell where one organism ends and the other begins, notices this at macrobiotic level. Joins james lovelock in taking about this phenomenon of endosymbiosis. Deeper integration of life, and this notion of the earth as a living, self-regulating organism. His understanding of the earth and biotic community and land ethic maintaining the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community as part of a land ethic. Ecological conscience where we develop love, respect, and admiration for the land a theme in this is the role of love of the earth, creatures, in environmental activism and empirical science.
