Origins, Beliefs, and Strands (AQA A-Level Politics): Flashcards

Ideology: humans-nature relationship, moral consideration

Rachel Carson, 1962

Humans above nature; nature as resource for human use

Dark green: nature has intrinsic value, not just for humans

Value in its own right, separate from usefulness to humans

Present must not compromise future generations' needs

Zero growth economy; production for needs not wants

Sustainable development: slower, greener economic growth

Organising by natural regions with own cycles, not states

Links nature's exploitation with women's oppression