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Corcoran, Peter Blaze1, Palmer, Joy A.2,3,4,5, Cooper, David E.6 |
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Fifty Key Thinkers on the Environment. 2000, p131-136. 6p. |
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This article discusses the views of John Muir, an American environmentalist, on nature as well as his contributions in the field of environmental thinking and practice. Muir's love affair with nature began on April 1, 1868, when he arrived in Yosemite Valley, California. Muir saw in such wilderness the source of humanity's spiritual health and wholeness. His philosophy of nature as the glorious handiwork of a God who created a democracy of life forms has inspired the post-modern deep ecology movement. Muir was keenly aware of the anthropocentric character of human attitudes towards nature, including the values embedded in utilitarian conservation. In his mind, a different ethic was at work. For him such truth and beauty as one can know in nature answered his questions. Through immersion in wild nature one could know how best to live. Muir moved from his own profound spiritual experiences in wilderness to preaching action to a nation. He was much ahead of his time in promoting action based on ecological responsibility. Many have called Muir the voice of the wilderness and his passion to protect it from destruction gave birth to the popular conservation movement. In 1898 he founded the Sierra Club for these purposes. |
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GreenFILE |
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