Chapter in book PICKING UP THE FLUTE, by John Elder Leslie Marmon Silko, reflecting on the myths and chroni cles adhering to boulders, buttes, arroyos, and other stony land marks of northern New Mexico, has remarked how in an oral…
NATURE AND THE GLOBAL POLITICAL CULTURE BY BARBARA SUNDBERG BAUDOT, PH.D. Human beings have a role to play, which each is free to play or not; each is a link in a chain and not a piece of straw to…
IDEAS ON HARMONY WITH NATURE BY ARTHUR DAHL It might help to consider our topic, the role of nature in the politics of the environment, in the context of the following steps that define how our relationship with nature (the…
REMARQUES SUR LES NATIONS- UNIES ET L’ENVIRONNEMENT BY JACQUES BAUDOT Acceptons l’hypothèse qu’une organisation inter-gouvernementale et internationale est indispensable à la lutte pour maintenir habitable la planète Terre. Et ceci pour au moins deux évidentes raisons : ce sont les…
POURQUOI LA NATURE EST-ELLE ABSENTE DES PREOCCUPATIONS POLITIQUES ACTUELLES? BY PHILIPPE ROCH Homme – Nature L’idée que l’homme fait partie de la nature, en soi juste, permet souvent de justifier toutes les activités humaines, même celle qui détruisent la nature…
THE PLACE OF VALUES IN GLOBAL DECISION MAKING BY OLIVER SMITH Value and Values in relation to nature and conservation The conservation movement globally is a huge force for good and organisations like WWF have made a vital contribution to…
MIEUX VAUT SE RENSEIGNER (TO INFORM ONE’S SELF) BY EDOUARD DOMMEN Un être humain, tout comme un animal, n'est pas qu'un organisme individuel. Il forme déjà un écosystème, une communauté d'organismes distincts qui oeuvrentchacun à sa manière au fonctionnement de…
Barbara Baudot's article Approaching Harmony With Nature, was published in the Tudor Rose publication Future Perfect. The book was published on behalf of the United Nations. The article was published as a contribution of the Triglav Circle to the Rio + 20 process…
Triglav letter, March 2013 The last two gatherings of the Circle took place in Manchester, NH in October 2011 and in the Canton de Vaux Switzerland. Both gatherings were devoted to questions of the natural environment. The meeting in Manchester…
The title of this paper suggests a study in comparative ethics, and in part that is just what it is. But it is more nearly contrastive than comparative, and more importantly, I want to contrast not ethical theories, but one…