Blog 5 Deep Ecology

Naess presents what deep ecology is and tells us what it consists of. Deep ecology is looking and examining all the way to the bottom of what the problem is. We as humans are fastly destroying our planet. The farther we put ourselves away from nature, the more we seem to destroy it. Our lives are so boxed up and closed in from nature. Maybe if would spend more time outside, or were not so dependent upon our houses we would be inclined to help nature? Shallow ecology of our environment would be looking at problems that our world is facing and temporarily fixing them. We need to take a much "deeper" look into the problem.

The book No Impact Man is a very good book that explains to us how to live a year without making a significant impact upon the Earth. The man in this book Collin Beaven commits to this idea and changes his whole lifestyle. He also finds out that he and his family become more happy due to the project. This book is a perfect example of deep ecology. This man does not impact the environment negatively at all, and trust me that is a very hard thing to do. Everything a human being does today hurts the environment in some distinct way. We need to change how we live our lives and give up some things that are not necessary or essential in our way of life.