Deep Ecological Practice and Its Advantage of Using in Our Present Life

Abstract

Considering deep ecology as opposed to its “shallow” analogy can facilitate understanding. Deep ecologists argue that pollution and resource depletion are the main problems of shallow ecology, which is anthropocentric. Thus, we can consider superficial ecology as the dominant environmental movement. While adopting a “total field” worldview, deep ecology rejects anthropocentrism. In other words, the goal of deep ecologists is not to develop an ecological morality that would complement current ethical systems. On the contrary, it requires a completely different way of thinking and worldview. To counter the destructive philosophy of modern industrial civilization, deep ecologists advocate the creation of a new environmental philosophy, or "ecosophy."