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Conservation, Counter-culture, and Separate Realities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Raymond F. Dasmann
Affiliation:
Senior Ecologist, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN), 1110 Morges, Switzerland

Extract

Various social trends, not usually thought to be related to environmental conservation, are examined in relation to their impact on the conservation movement. The student rebellion of the 1960s is seen as an important force backing environmental causes. Leading as it did to a ‘return to the land’ and the development of alternative life-styles, it may become a significant pioneering effort towards finding a more viable relationship between Man and his environment. As a further outgrowth of the development of a ‘counter-culture,’ there is a renewed interest in those religious and psychological movements that seek to eliminate the dualities between body/mind, Man/Nature, matter/spirit, long imposed by traditional western philosophy. This is seen as having a potential for major changes in human attitudes towards nature conservation.

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Main Papers
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1974

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