İnsan ihtiyaçlarının karşılanabilmesi amacıyla gerçekleştirilen üretim ve tüketim faaliyetleri atıkların ortaya çıkmasına neden olmaktadır. Atıkların insan ve çevre sağlığını riske atmadan işlenmesi ...ve/ veya bertaraf edilmesi atık yönetiminin temel amacıdır. Günümüzde birçok ülke, atık kaynaklı risklerin önlenebilmesi adına sıfır atık yönetimini benimsemiştir. Sıfır atık yönetimi kapsamında gerçekleştirilen atıkların yeniden kullanılması, geri dönüştürülmesi ve kazanılması gibi uygulamaların çevresel unsurlar üzerinde çeşitli etkileri bulunmaktadır. Sıfır atık yönetimi kapsamındaki uygulamaların hangilerinin çevre ve insan sağlığı açısından iyi ve doğru olduğunun tespit edilmesine yönelik tartışmalar, konuya insan ve çevre ilişkilerini sistematik bir şekilde inceleyen çevre etiği perspektifinden bakmayı mümkün kılmaktadır. Bu çalışmanın amacı, sıfır atık yönetiminin çevre etiği yaklaşımları açısından incelenmesi ve ilgili yönetimin söz konusu yaklaşımlar içerisindeki konumunun tespit edilmesidir. Çalışma kapsamında, sıfır atık yönetimi ve çevre etiği yaklaşımları incelenmiş, söz konusu atık yönetim sisteminin çevre merkezli etik yaklaşım içerisinde konumlandırılmasının daha doğru bir bakış açısı olacağı tespit edilmiştir.
Production and consumption activities carried out in order to meet human needs cause the occurrence of waste. Processing and/or disposal of wastes without risking human and environmental health are the main purpose of waste management. Today, many countries have adopted zero waste management in order to prevent waste-related risks. Practices such as reuse, recycling and recovery of wastes within the scope of zero waste management have various effects on environmental elements. The discussions on determining which practices within the scope of zero waste management are good and bad on behalf of environment and human health make it possible to look at the issue from the perspective of environmental ethics, which systematically examines human and environment relations. This study aims to examine the zero waste management in terms of environmental ethics approaches and to determine the position of the relevant management within these approaches. Within the scope of the study, zero waste management and environmental ethics approaches were examined, and it was determined that positioning the mentioned waste management system in eco centric environmental ethics would be a more correct point of view.
Yellowstone holds a special place in America's heart. As the world's first national park, it is globally recognized as the crown jewel of modern environmental preservation. But the park and its ...surrounding regions have recently become a lightning rod for environmental conflict, plagued by intense and intractable political struggles among the federal government, National Park Service, environmentalists, industry, local residents, and elected officials.The Battle for Yellowstoneasks why it is that, with the flood of expert scientific, economic, and legal efforts to resolve disagreements over Yellowstone, there is no improvement? Why do even seemingly minor issues erupt into impassioned disputes? What can Yellowstone teach us about the worsening environmental conflicts worldwide?
Justin Farrell argues that the battle for Yellowstone has deep moral, cultural, and spiritual roots that until now have been obscured by the supposedly rational and technical nature of the conflict. Tracing in unprecedented detail the moral causes and consequences of large-scale social change in the American West, he describes how a "new-west" social order has emerged that has devalued traditional American beliefs about manifest destiny and rugged individualism, and how morality and spirituality have influenced the most polarizing and techno-centric conflicts in Yellowstone's history.
This groundbreaking book shows how the unprecedented conflict over Yellowstone is not all about science, law, or economic interests, but more surprisingly, is about cultural upheaval and the construction of new moral and spiritual boundaries in the American West.
We describe and reflect on seven recurring critiques of the concept of ecosystem services and respective counter‐arguments. First, the concept is criticized for being anthropocentric, whereas others ...argue that it goes beyond instrumental values. Second, some argue that the concept promotes an exploitative human–nature relationship, whereas others state that it reconnects society to ecosystems, emphasizing humanity's dependence on nature. Third, concerns exist that the concept may conflict with biodiversity conservation objectives, whereas others emphasize complementarity. Fourth, the concept is questioned because of its supposed focus on economic valuation, whereas others argue that ecosystem services science includes many values. Fifth, the concept is criticized for promoting commodification of nature, whereas others point out that most ecosystem services are not connected to market‐based instruments. Sixth, vagueness of definitions and classifications are stated to be a weakness, whereas others argue that vagueness enhances transdisciplinary collaboration. Seventh, some criticize the normative nature of the concept, implying that all outcomes of ecosystem processes are desirable. The normative nature is indeed typical for the concept, but should not be problematic when acknowledged. By disentangling and contrasting different arguments we hope to contribute to a more structured debate between opponents and proponents of the ecosystem services concept.
Anthropozentrismus (in) der Krise Bossert, Leonie N; Schlegel, Lena M
Gaia (Heidelberg, Germany),
03/2022, Letnik:
31, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Anthropozentrische Perspektiven können nicht ausreichend zur Lösung sozial-ökologischer Krisen beitragen, da sie selbst Teil eines krisenhaften Systems gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse sind. ...Daher ist eine Ausweitung des Anthropozentrismus-Begriffs moralphilosophisch problematisch. Um die Transformation gesellschaftlicher Naturverhältnisse differenziert zu bewerten, ist vielmehr eine nichtanthropozentrische intersektionale Perspektive in der Umweltethik hilfreich.
This paper points out the relation between population growth and energy justice in a finite world. Reflecting on the meaning of limits, I propose to look at energy justice in a broader sense: ...restoring a safe and more equal operating space for humanity by stressing renewable energy concrete possibilities. Firstly, I show that during the last two centuries humanity has turned fossil fuels into human biomass. I suggest that, a new approach to energy has brought the global population to an exponential explosion. Indeed, the phenomenon called Great Acceleration is characterized by an extraordinary increase in both population and consumption. Then, I explain why a growing demographic trend can be an effective obstacle to solve the problem of energy distribution. In this direction, I explore the current lack of energy independence of most of the states outside the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Hereafter, I explain, in physical terms, why planet Earth is not an isolated system nor a closed system but a finite one. Thus, a never-ending growth in term of energy consumption is bio-physically impossible. Finally, I emphasize how a realistic perspective on energy ethics has to be weaved with an informed consideration of demographic ethics.
This study utilizes structural equation modeling (SEM) to explore the positive effect of corporate environmental ethics on competitive advantage in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry via the ...mediator: green innovation performance. This study divides green innovation into green product innovation and green process innovation. The empirical results show that corporate environmental ethics positively affects green product innovation and green process innovation. In addition, this study verifies that green product innovation mediates the positive relationship between corporate environmental ethics and competitive advantage, but green process innovation does not. Therefore, corporate environmental ethics can not only affect competitive advantage directly, but also influence it indirectly via green product innovation in the Taiwanese manufacturing industry. Taiwanese manufacturing companies can increase their corporate environmental ethics and green product innovation to enhance their competitive advantages.
Recent environmental disasters worldwide have made people consider the need for environmental protection. Therefore, the invisible pressure from these people made a paradigm shift on the economic ...structure as well as the business strategies. Even if these pressures from the environmental-friendly people are not forceful, it is nevertheless inevitable to put more strategic importance on the environment. The aim of this study was to identify determinants of acceptance of green products, including attitude, subjective norm and perceived behavioral control of theory of planned behavior with social impression, environmental consciousness, and environmental ethics and beliefs to understand and predict the adoption of consumer intentions. An online survey with 406 responses has been analyzed by partial least square (PLS). This study found that the attitude, perceived behavioral control, environmental consciousness of consumers and the environmental ethics and beliefs of consumers have a significant positive association with their intention to use green products, while the subjective norms consumers and the social impression consumers are positively but not significantly correlated to their intentions towards using green products. Based on these results, several strategic suggestions for participators and academics as well as policy implications to promote the green production were offered.
•Extend theory of planned behavior to elucidate the acceptance of green products.•Attitude and perceived behavioral control influence green products acceptance.•Environmental ethics, beliefs and consciousness influence green products acceptance.•Our model has a strong prediction power for the acceptance of green products
A revealing look at the intersection of wealth, philanthropy, and conservation Billionaire Wilderness takes you inside the exclusive world of the ultra- wealthy, showing how today's richest people ...are using the natural environment to solve the existential dilemmas they face. Justin Farrell spent five years in Teton County, Wyoming, the richest county in the United States, and a community where income inequality is the worst in the nation. He conducted hundreds of in-depth interviews, gaining unprecedented access to tech CEOs, Wall Street financiers, oil magnates, and other prominent figures in business and politics. He also talked with the rural poor who live among the ultra- wealthy and often work for them. The result is a penetrating account of the far-reaching consequences of the massive accrual of wealth, and an eye-opening and sometimes troubling portrait of a changing American West where romanticizing rural poverty and conserving nature can be lucrative—socially as well as financially.Weaving unforgettable storytelling with thought-provoking analysis, Billionaire Wilderness reveals how the ultra-wealthy are buying up the land and leveraging one of the most pristine ecosystems in the world to climb even higher on the socioeconomic ladder. The affluent of Teton County are people burdened by stigmas, guilt, and status anxiety—and they appropriate nature and rural people to create more virtuous and deserving versions of themselves. Incisive and compelling, Billionaire Wilderness reveals the hidden connections between wealth concentration and the environment, two of the most pressing and contentious issues of our time.
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