Ecophilosophy and the natural environment

Abstract Scholars from diverse disciplines are increasingly concerned with the benefits generated by the practice of physical activity in the natural environment on individuals (Gomila Serra, 2014; Jirásek et al., 2016). This chapter attempts to shed light on the various scientific approaches that confirm this beneficial relationship. It also contributes to the holistic and integral conception of the human being, made up of different dimensions: physical, mental, emotional and social (Sandell et al., 2009; Borkowski, 2011). After an introductory approach to the relationship between outdoor sports and the integral development of their participants, an empirical study is shown. A five-day Nordic skiing camp is used to evaluate the effects of this practice on the individuals and on the group.

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ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND LIBERATION FROM FEUDALISM

Historia: Jurnal Pendidik dan Peneliti Sejarah ◽

10.17509/historia.v11i1.12129 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 11 (1) ◽

pp. 1

Author(s):

Syaiful Anwar

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Social Dimension ◽

Islamic Education ◽

Human Being ◽

Human Beings ◽

Religious Dimension ◽

Teachers And Students ◽

The Relationship ◽

Sociological Aspect

This article aimed at describing Islamic Education strategies and functions in liberating humankind from feudalism. Islam Believes that everybody’s status is equal, one thing that makes him different is his piety. There are Three harmonious relationships can be identified; those are the relationship between human being and God “Allah SWT” (Habblun min Allah, theological aspect), between human being and other human being (Hablun min al-nas, athropo-sociological aspect), and between human being and the natural environment (Hablun min al-‘alam, cosmological aspect). These harmonious relationships are the manifestation of perfect faithfulness of a Muslim to Allah SWT.In the religious dimension, the main purpose of Islam is to develop awareness and understanding about the meaning and of human’s life in relation to God. Meanwhile, in terms of social dimension, the purpose of Islamic Education is to develop understanding of harmonious relationship, either between human beings or between human being with the environment. In this context, human beings hold the responsibility for restraining a society from obstinacy, inanity, and anarchism. In this respect, the concept of liberalism in Islamic Education is to place teachers and students in a harmonious relationship. This relationship is to create learning atmosphere which is based on the principle of democratic and two-way relationship.

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Ekofilozofia i środowisko przyrodnicze

Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae ◽

10.21697/seb.2006.4.1.27 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 367-376

Author(s):

Zbigniew Hull

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Semantic Analysis ◽

Human Being

The article contains a semantic analysis of the terms of eco-philosophy, and discusses this theme widely as well as closely presenting the relation between a human being and the natural environment.

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Ecology of religion: a hermeneutical model

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis ◽

10.30674/scripta.67269 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 17 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Erika Meyer-Dietrich

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Psychology ◽

Cognitive Processes ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Human Being ◽

Religious Context ◽

Cultural Processes ◽

Living Organisms ◽

The Impact ◽

The Relationship ◽

Do So

We have to investigate the function of religion, the nature of the environment, and the nature of the human being. We have to ask: what is the nature of the relationship which connects people to their world? The aim of this paper is to present the outline of a new hermeneutical model in ecology of religion. Here the term "ecology of religion" serves as an umbrella to unify different methodological tools which are needed. As the term ecology implies, what is at issue is the impact of the environment on religion investigated through the interrelation between living organisms and their environment. From the fact that the subfield is defined as contextual research, it follows that the environment is principally a non-religious context. The orientation for ecology of religion, as represented here, is the investigation of the direct interrelation of the human being, actor in all cultural processes, with the natural environment. If it were our intention to reduce human nature to a biological organism, then we could place our approach in the field of biology. But, because it is our intention to show that the human being by nature is essentially one that lives a religion and is enabled to do so through cognitive processes, it is cognitive psychology that offers the orientation for our research.

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Research on the Relationship among Human Being, Building and Environment - Take I. M. Pei's Architectural Design Works for Example

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.357-360.238 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 357-360 ◽

pp. 238-241

Author(s):

Li Qun Guo

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Architectural Design ◽

Mutual Influence ◽

Architecture Design ◽

Human Being ◽

Human Beings ◽

The Public ◽

The Relationship ◽

Public Environment

The relationship among human beings, buildings and environment is interdependence, interaction and mutual influence. This article mainly discuss on the relationship between the buildings and the historical environment, the public environment and the natural environment. At the same time it takes I. M. Peis successful works of architecture design for example to analyze several kinds of method for coordinating relations between buildings and environment.

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‘He Brought the Cold Death on my Harandra’: The Cosmic Trilogy and the Ecotheology of Laudato si'

Journal of Inklings Studies ◽

10.3366/ink.2018.0013 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. 166-182

Author(s):

Maria Poggi Johnson

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

The Other ◽

Space Travel ◽

Human Relationships ◽

Other Hand ◽

Divine Will ◽

The Relationship

In his trilogy of space travel novels, published between 1938 and 1945, C.S. Lewis strikingly anticipates, and incarnates in imaginative form, the insights and concerns central to the modern discipline of ecotheology. The moral and spiritual battle that forms the plot of the novels is enacted and informed by the relationship between humans and the natural environment, Rebellion against, and alienation from, the Creator inevitably manifests in a violent and alienated attitude to creation, which is seen as something to be mastered and exploited. Lives and cultures in harmony with the divine will, on the other hand, are expressed in relationships of care and respect for the environment. The imaginative premise of the Trilogy is that of ecotheology; that the human relationships with God, neighbour, and earth and are deeply and inextricably intertwined.

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Filosofi Penggunaan Bija Dalam Persembahyangan Umat Hindu Di Bali

10.31227/osf.io/aqhwj ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Putu Sabda Jayendra

Keyword(s):

Natural Environment ◽

Moral Character ◽

Human Being ◽

Human Beings ◽

Hindu Religion

The use of the bija in worship is commonplace in the Hindu religion, especially in Bali. But actually means philosophical a very deep, because it not only as a guidance for mankind in creating prosperity based on the sacredness through harmonious relationships beetwen humans and God/Ida Sang Hyang Widhi Wasa, humans with their fellow human beings and human beings with their natural environment. But the most important is education in shaping the character of good moral character, thus forming each employee to become a real human being. Keywords: bija, harmonization, chastity, character.

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Pensare Dio. Spunti di riflessione in dialogo con Anca Vasiliu

Elenchos ◽

10.1515/elen-2020-0009 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (1) ◽

pp. 181-194

Author(s):

Angela Longo

Keyword(s):

Late Antiquity ◽

Human Being ◽

Common Thread ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Relevant Topic ◽

The Common ◽

The One ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

The Trinity

AbstractThe following work features elements to ponder and an in-depth explanation taken on the Anca Vasiliu’s study about the possibilities and ways of thinking of God by a rational entity, such as the human being. This is an ever relevant topic that, however, takes place in relation to Platonic authors and texts, especially in Late Antiquity. The common thread is that the human being is a God’s creature who resembles him and who is image of. Nevertheless, this also applies within the Christian Trinity according to which, not without problems, the Son is the image of the Father. Lastly, also the relationship of the Spirit with the Father and the Son, always within the Trinity, can be considered as a relationship of similarity, but again not without critical issues between the similarity of attributes, on the one hand, and the identity of nature, on the other.

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Does a National Park Enhance the Environment-Friendliness of Tourists as an Ecotourism Destination?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18168321 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (16) ◽

pp. 8321

Author(s):

Eunseong Jeong ◽

Taesoo Lee ◽

Alan Dixon Brown ◽

Sara Choi ◽

Minyoung Son

Keyword(s):

National Parks ◽

Natural Environment ◽

Behavioral Intention ◽

National Park ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Environmental Concern ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Environment Friendly ◽

Sustainable Environment ◽

The Relationship

Governments have designated national parks to protect the natural environment against ecosystem destruction and improve individuals’ emotional and recreational life. National parks enhance environment-friendly awareness by conducting ecotourism activities and individuals with environment-friendly awareness are inclined to continue to visit national parks as ecotourism destinations. The New Environmental Paradigm (NEP) is a widely used measure of environmental concern, suitable for measuring the environment-friendly attitude and revisit intention of visitors of national parks. Therefore, the study carried out structural equation modeling (SEM) to investigate the relationship between the NEP, national park conservation consciousness and environment-friendly behavioral intention. Based on the results, an implication is presented to induce national parks to cultivate individual environment-friendly awareness and for visitors to pursue sustainable, environment-friendly tourism behavior. The findings indicate that national parks are to expand educational programs and facilities for eco-tourists visiting national parks to maintain a balanced relationship between themselves and nature and have a strong environmental awareness to preserve the natural environment.

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Multi-Medium Architectural Design

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.638-640.2236 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 638-640 ◽

pp. 2236-2240

Author(s):

Cong Ru Liu ◽

Ming Sen Lin ◽

Qing Li

Keyword(s):

Architectural Design ◽

Science And Technology ◽

Human Being ◽

Open Mind ◽

The Relationship

As soon as coming into being, the architecture begins to transfer information to the human being by virtue of various mediums. Nowadays, thanks to the developed science and technology as well as the open mind, the relationship demand between human being and architecture becomes closer, the interaction demand between human being and architecture becomes more frequent, and the experience demand of people for architecture becomes diversified. Nevertheless, the architect can still realize all those purposes by virtue of various mediums.

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