Meaning of envirocentric | Babel Free

Definitions

Focused on environment.

Examples

“Putting a firm constraint on some elements of the development vector would definitely constrain economic activity. For example, if an envirocentric view held that we must bequeath the present climate to the next generation, this would lead to an economic upheaval.”

“As an ethical framework, sustainability demands that we make environmentally responsible and rational decisions to protect our species. We do this by living out our obligation to protect the Earth’s often fragile and irreplaceable ecosystems. This responsibility entails envirocentric individual human and group agency within community, national, and global institutions, such as political, financial, and business organizations.”

“Environmental leaders support government protection of natural capital and equality of ownership and access for all inhabitants of the land community. Envirocentric government enables leaders to facilitate the efficacy of the other capitals through democratic process of community dialogue and deliberation (Matthews, 1998).”

CEFR level