Nested Ecology – The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy - Hardcover

Wimberley, ET

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0801891566 ISBN 13: 9780801891564

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and interact, he extends the concept of ecology to spirituality and the "ecology of the unknown." In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic.

About this title

About the Author

Edward T. Wimberley is a professor of ecological studies at Florida Gulf Coast University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801891566
• ISBN 13: 9780801891564
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240