scholarly journals Animals in Walden

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Qin Liu
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Henry David Thoreau ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Red Squirrels ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
American Writer ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Simple Life

Henry David Thoreau is a great American writer of transcendentalism and the pioneer of modern environmentalism. Being an ardent lover of nature, he devoted his entire life to studying the relationship between man and nature, and bequeathed a legacy of works in this field. He believed that nature was the symbol of spirit, and had a far-reaching influence on man and his character, and human beings should live harmoniously with nature for the long sustainable development. In Walden which is his masterpiece He endows the animals with human characteristics. Thereupon, Thoreau often describes the similarities between animals and people he comes across. People can be just as greedy and shallow as the marmot of the prairie, or as naughty and clumsy as red squirrels, or as lazy and cunning as chickadees, or as loyal as gundogs in Thoreau’s writings. Thoreau spent two years living a simple life at Walden on his own. He recounted in details the living habits of these animals, from woodchucks, loons to mice and hawks.

scholarly journals PROPOSAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN URBAN SUSTAINABILITY INDICATOR FOR THE MUNICIPALITY OF UMUARAMA/PR

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Solano Ribeiro Soares ◽  
Samuel Ronobo Soares ◽  
Máriam Trierveiler Pereira
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Current Model ◽  
Statistical Treatment ◽  
Urban Sustainability ◽  
Sustainability Indicator ◽  
Current State ◽  
Local Sustainability ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship

The current model for society’s development, based on the unconscious use of natural resources, points to signs of exhaustion, requiring a reflection in order to formulate strategies that overcome the challenge of coexistence between the relationship between man and nature. The use of tools such as sustainable indicators has been shown to be effective in the identification and understanding of socio-environmental phenomena and in the subsequent decision making by public management, assisting in the resolution of problems, and consequently, acting as a resource for sustainable development. This study aims to propose the development of an urban sustainability indicator for the municipality of Umuarama, in the state of Paraná, Brazil. In order to build the indicator, data from different aspects linked to Sach’s sustainability model are to be collected, and later put into statistical treatment to standardize it and make its comparison possible, resulting in its index, which is expected to analyze the current state of the local sustainability and sustainable development.

Direito, natureza e socioambientalismo: As sociedades tradicionais do oeste baiano

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-35
Author(s):  
Flávio Marcelo Rodrigues Bruno ◽  
Prudente Pereira De Almeida Neto ◽  
Rúbio José Ferreira ◽  
Raimundo Giovanni França Matos ◽  
Andyara Andreza Marques Morais
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Environmental Law ◽  
Specific Objective ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Traditional Societies ◽  
Regional Community ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Environmental Involvement

Este estudo concebe a necessidade de esclarecer a comunidade regional sobre as sociedades e saberes tradicionais do bioma do cerrado no oeste baiano. Compreender os povos e suas culturas, o envolvimento socioambiental, as perspectivas jurídicas, agroecológicas e as inúmeras dimensões do desenvolvimento sustentável que se estão no entorno do próprio desenvolvimento do direito das sociedades tradicionais desta região. Para tanto o primeiro capítulo trata da relação entre o homem e a natureza, o segundo capítulo se contextualização a abordagem constitucional sobre o socioambientalismo, na sequência busca-se uma compreensão sobre o paradigma socioambiental da Carta Magna de 1988, no quarto capítulo abre-se um diálogo sobre o Direito Socioambiental e o Direito das Sociedades Tradicionais, e encerra o trabalho a apresentação do Oeste Baiano e suas populações e comunidades tradicionais, não encerrando a pesquisa mas demonstrando a dimensão do horizonte em que ela se manifesta. O trabalho reiterou a necessidade de esclarecer a comunidade regional do oeste da Bahia sobre as sociedades e saberes tradicionais do bioma do cerrado local. Compreendendo os povos e suas culturas, o envolvimento socioambiental, as perspectivas jurídicas, agroecológicas e as inúmeras dimensões do desenvolvimento sustentável que se estão no entorno do próprio desenvolvimento do direito das sociedades tradicionais desta região. Com o objetivo específico de tornar realidade as perspectivas de promoção e proteção do direito socioambiental e do desenvolvimento sustentável na região do oeste baiano, sobretudo às sociedades tradicionais locais.   This study conceives the need to clarify the regional community about the traditional societies and knowledge of the Cerrado biome in western Bahia. Understand the peoples and their cultures, socio-environmental involvement, legal, agro-ecological perspectives and the innumerable dimensions of sustainable development that are within the very development of the law of the traditional societies of this region. For the first chapter deals with the relationship between man and nature, the second chapter contextualizes the constitutional approach on socio-environmentalism, in the sequence seeks an understanding of the socio-environmental paradigm of the 1988 Constitution, in the fourth chapter opens a dialogue on Socio-environmental Law and the Law of Traditional Societies, and closes the work the presentation of West Bahiano and its traditional populations and communities, not closing the research but demonstrating the dimension of the horizon in which it manifests itself. The work reiterated the need to clarify the regional community of the west of Bahia on the societies and traditional knowledge of the biome of the local cerrado. Understanding the peoples and their cultures, socio-environmental involvement, juridical, agroecological perspectives and the innumerable dimensions of sustainable development that are in the environment of the very development of the law of the traditional societies of this region. With the specific objective of realizing the prospects for the promotion and protection of socio-environmental law and sustainable development in the region of western Bahia, especially local traditional societies.

scholarly journals MyĶlenie relacyjne, inkluzyjne w dobie kryzysu klimatycznego

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Piotr Skubała ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide Emissions ◽  
Natural World ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Relational Thinking ◽  
Average Temperature ◽  
The World ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Life On Earth ◽  
Climate Crisis ◽  
The Relationship

Climate change caused by excessive emissions of greenhouse gases is becoming, along with excessive exploitation of the environment, agriculture and urbani-zation, one of the main threats to life on Earth and our civilization. Although we have known about the relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and the rise of the average temperature on Earth since end of the 20th century, it was only after nearly 100 years that we took international action to reduce this phenomenon. We are looking at the closing window and the question arises whether we will be able to react and stave oȮ the climate crisis. We know what immediate actions are needed, but we do not take them. It seems that a neces-sary condition for doing the work of repairing the world is a complete change in the way we view the natural world. It must be based on relational thinking, emphasize mutual relationships, the interdependence of man and nature, hu-man beings and non-human beings.

scholarly journals Comparative Study: Chinese and Western Theoretical Sources for Sustainable Development Theory

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Tongzhen
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
International Level ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Countries around the world are now plagued by deteriorating environmental problems (including global warming, desertification, reduction of biodiversity, and possible sources of unknown viruses such as COVID-19). Besides cooperation at the international level, countries, especially the East and West, have adopted different approaches. Philosophy can guide our actions, and exploring the theories of each period could help us understand what people know about and how they behave. The Chinese “San cai” and “Sheng Wang Zhi Zhi” theories and the "Anthropocentrism" and "Resource are limited" of the West countries have their on the relationship between human beings and environment, which play important roles in their traditional philosophies before the largely accepted definition of Sustainable Development (SD).

scholarly journals Analysis of Application of Environmental Engineering Construction in Ecological City

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shutian Sun ◽  
Kunxue Huang ◽  
Yu Hu ◽  
Zhixin Xing ◽  
Qingjiang Su
Keyword(s):  
Urban Development ◽  
Environmental Engineering ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Engineering Construction ◽  
Urban Construction ◽  
Human Understanding ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
Ecological Construction ◽  
The Relationship

At present, with the continuous deterioration of the ecological environment and the gradual deepening of human understanding of the relationship between man and nature, the construction of an ecological city has become the trend and inevitable urban construction in the future. Finding harmonious development among cities, human beings, and the natural environment through the construction of the ecological environment is an inevitable choice for human and urban development. In order to provide sufficient theoretical exploration for the construction of ecological cities, this paper first introduced the two important concepts of ecological environment and environmental engineering and the necessity of ecological construction. On the basis of this, it analyzes the various obstacles and predicaments in the current construction of ecological cities and achieves the purpose of clarifying the problems; finally, it proposes corresponding countermeasures[1].

scholarly journals An Analysis of Mark Twain’s Ecological Narratives

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
Liu Yan
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Sense Of Place ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
Ecological Crisis ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
American Writer ◽  
Ecological Concepts ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Simple Life

American writer Mark Twain has witnessed changes of American environment of the 19th century, which changes his sense of place. Urbanization and industrialization separate human beings from nature, leading to various conflicts. City is always regarded as the symbol of order, reason, crime and degeneration, while nature means freedom and happiness. Twain advocates the return to nature to lead a simple life. He tries to reveal the ecological crisis in the 19th century and express his ecological concepts through redefining “place”, “space” and son on.

scholarly journals Green Design in the View of Sustainable Development

2019 ◽  
Vol 136 ◽  
pp. 03005
Author(s):  
Yan Li ◽  
Zhenqing Sun
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Green Design ◽  
Ecological Environment ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Strategic Design ◽  
Green Development ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship

With the continuous rising of economic benefits and the increasing innovation of science and technology, the relationship between human beings and natural environment is becoming more and more prominent. Especially after the world enters into industrialization, human beings plunder resources recklessly and destroy the stable cycle of ecological environment. In recent years, China has put forward the development concept of "not only the golden and silver mountains, but also the lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets”. The 13th Five-Year Plan of China has established five development concepts: innovation, coordination, green, openness and sharing. The concept of "green" has been incorporated into the national strategic design, which highlights the harmonious development between human beings and nature, people and people. As the guider in the future, under the background of sustainable development, the green design takes innovation as the starting point, so as to become the permanent motive force of green development.

scholarly journals Comparative Study: Chinese and Western Theoretical Sources for Sustainable Development Theory

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Tongzhen ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Global Warming ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
International Level ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The West ◽  
The World ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Relationship

Countries around the world are now plagued by deteriorating environmental problems (including global warming, desertification, reduction of biodiversity, and possible sources of unknown viruses such as COVID-19). Besides cooperation at the international level, countries, especially the East and West, have adopted different approaches. Philosophy can guide our actions, and exploring the theories of each period could help us understand what people know about and how they behave. The Chinese “San cai” and “Sheng Wang Zhi Zhi” theories and the "Anthropocentrism" and "Resource are limited" of the West countries have their on the relationship between human beings and environment, which play important roles in their traditional philosophies before the largely accepted definition of Sustainable Development (SD).

scholarly journals ON THE PHENOMENON OF ALIENATION IN KAFKA'S METAMORPHOSIS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
JING-QUAN LUO
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Interpersonal Relationship ◽  
Living Environment ◽  
Capitalist Society ◽  
Western Society ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship

Metamorphosis is one of Kafka's representative short stories. It mainly reveals the alienation of modern western society through the absurd story of the protagonist Gregor Samsa turning into a beetle. From the perspectives of self-alienation, the alienation of living environment, the alienation of interpersonal relationship and the alienation of the relationship between man and nature, this paper discusses the squeeze and distortion of human beings in the western capitalist society, and reproduces the true picture of the abnormal society.

scholarly journals Ecological Perspectives in Linus T. Asong’s No Way to Die

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Danlami Amadou
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Ecological Vision ◽  
The World ◽  
Man And Nature ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Second Wave

Given the environmental crisis plaguing the world, this paper investigates the manner in which Linus Asong represents man’s link with nature in the novel No Way to Die. It attempts to provide an answer to the following question: how does Linus Asong portray the contact between man and nature? The work is based on the premise that the Cameroonian author depicts the relationship between human beings and other elements of the ecosystem with perspectives for improvement for the benefit of both man and nature. Second Wave Ecocriticism, as outlined by Lawrence Buell, is used to bring out novelist’s ecological vision which posits that human beings need to improve their relationship with, or treatment of, other elements of nature so that the rapidly degrading ecosystem is saved. Keywords: Environment, Fiction, Ecocriticism, Degradation, Protection, Vision

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