Chapter 2

In the chapter the concept of anthropocentrism and ecocentric are defined as differing environmental ideologies. Anthropocentrism and its few sub-sectional ideologies, such as conservationism, are environmental beliefs driven by human hierarchy in the natural world. This being, humans are at the top of the pyramid of life and have the rights to use the natural world as their means of survival. Ecocentrism is the ideology, which includes ethics and value driven ideologies, that all living things must co-exist in a balance to keep the planet in equilibrium. This being, not only do humans have rights to take what they need to survive- in reasonable portions, but all living things have the same rights.
Reflection:
As the chapter began, I was under the impression that majority of the world functions with a anthropocentric ideological outlook on the environment. We continue to multiply and take more and more natural resources, plants, and animals lives to survive. But then I realized there would be no awareness of ANY sort had there not been at least someone out there functioning under an ecocentric outlook on the world. There are so many organizations, laws, individuals, and tools that are driven towards making our world function ecocentrically. It’s all just a matter of utilization and balance of consumption.