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C.  Shades of Green: Some Philosophies to Consider

Read for main ideas "A Quick Guide to Eco-Ideologies," by John Hughes [1,300 words]. This work provides capsule descriptions of various environmental philosophies:

• EcoCapitalism
• Conservationism
• Environmentalism
• EcoPopulism
• Greens
• Deep Ecology
• EcoMarxism
• EcoFeminism
• BioRegionalism
• Social Ecology
• EcoSocialism

  Optional online reading concerning eco-ideologies

  "Growing the Red / Green Paradigm: Ecological Socialism in Root and Branch," Walt Contreras Sheasby, Synthesis / Regeneration 22 (Spring 2000)

  "Some of My Best Friends are People," Len Bush, Canadian Dimension, 1997 -- Critique of "Deep Ecology."

  "Natural Capitalism?" Michael Albert, Z Magazine, April 1997 -- Critique from the left of another, emergent eco-ideology: Paul Hawken's "Natural Capitalism."

  Optional print resources concerning eco-ideologies

  Eco-Socialism or Eco-Capitalism?: A Critical Analysis of Humanity's Fundamental Choices, Saral Sarkar, 1999, Zed Books, 320 pp.  (about)

  Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature, John Bellamy Foster, 2000, Monthly Review Press, 200 pp.  (about)

  The Post-Corporate World: Life After Capitalism, David C. Korten, 1999, Berrett-Koehler Publ., 300 pp.  (about)

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