Ecozoic

形容词 adj. 专有名词

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Of or pertaining to the hypothesised Ecozoic era. not-comparable
    — The Ecozoic Era can be brought into being only by the integral life community itself. If other periods have been designated by such names as "Reptilian" or "Mammalian," this Ecozoic period must be identified as the Era of the Integral Life Community.
专有名词
  1. A geologic era, beginning in the late twentieth century, in which humans would be guided by ecological concerns and would behave in a less exploitative way toward the environment.
    — Here we argue that the Ecozoic requires new approaches and new textbooks to tell a different story that more accurately reflects both new and old understandings of interconnectedness; engages with conceptualizations of the human and of being; reaffirms and celebrates other ways of knowing; and emphasizes our embeddedness in nature while building greater respect for the species alongside which we have co-evolved over the vast space of evolutionary time.

词源

词源 1
Coined by clergyman and scholar Thomas Berry in the early 1980s, from eco- + -zoic; compare Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic.
词源 2
Coined by clergyman and scholar Thomas Berry in the early 1980s, from eco- + -zoic; compare Cenozoic, Mesozoic, Paleozoic.
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