The Deep Ecology Movement

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environmental movement environmental philosophy social movement

The Deep Ecology Movement is an environmental philosophy and activist movement that advocates for the intrinsic value of all living beings and calls for profound changes in human societies to live in harmony with the natural world.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Deep Ecology	1
Deep Ecology Platform	1
Deep ecology	1
Eight-point Deep Ecology Platform	1
The Deep Ecology Movement canonical	1
The Deep Ecology Movement: Some Philosophical Aspects	1
deep ecology	1
deep ecology movement	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6267274 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Deep Ecology Movement
Context triple: [Ecology, Community and Lifestyle, relatedTo, The Deep Ecology Movement]

A. The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
B. Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
C. Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
D. "A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology"
"A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology" is an accessible, non-technical book by ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin that introduces lay readers to key ecological principles and their relevance to everyday environmental issues.
E. Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology
"Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology" is a pioneering work of eco-theology in which John B. Cobb Jr. integrates Christian theological reflection with environmental ethics and ecological crisis.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: The Deep Ecology Movement
Target entity description: The Deep Ecology Movement is an environmental philosophy and activist movement that advocates for the intrinsic value of all living beings and calls for profound changes in human societies to live in harmony with the natural world.

A. The human roots of the ecological crisis
"The human roots of the ecological crisis" is a key chapter in Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato si’ that analyzes how modern technological, economic, and cultural patterns of human behavior have led to environmental degradation and social injustice.
B. Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment
"Human Well-Being and the Natural Environment" is an influential book by economist Partha Dasgupta that analyzes how economic development, environmental sustainability, and human welfare are interlinked.
C. Earth in the Balance
Earth in the Balance is a 1992 environmental book by Al Gore that examines the global ecological crisis and advocates for comprehensive political and social action to address climate change and environmental degradation.
D. "A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology"
"A Citizen’s Guide to Ecology" is an accessible, non-technical book by ecologist Lawrence B. Slobodkin that introduces lay readers to key ecological principles and their relevance to everyday environmental issues.
E. Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology
"Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology" is a pioneering work of eco-theology in which John B. Cobb Jr. integrates Christian theological reflection with environmental ethics and ecological crisis.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental movement ⓘ environmental philosophy ⓘ social movement ⓘ
advocatesFor	decentralization of human communities ⓘ living in harmony with nature ⓘ long-term ecological sustainability ⓘ population reduction through non-coercive means ⓘ preservation of wilderness ⓘ profound changes in human societies ⓘ reducing human impact on the Earth ⓘ simple living ⓘ
associatedWithOrganization	Earth First! ⓘ Foundation for Deep Ecology ⓘ Rainforest Action Network ⓘ
coreBelief	all living beings have intrinsic value ⓘ biospheric egalitarianism ⓘ ecocentrism ⓘ humans are part of, not separate from, the natural world ⓘ non-human life has value independent of human use ⓘ
criticizedFor	alleged misanthropy ⓘ alleged political naivety ⓘ insufficient attention to social justice ⓘ
emergedIn	1970s ⓘ
focusesOn	long-term ecological perspectives ⓘ spiritual and philosophical dimensions of ecology ⓘ
geographicScope	global ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	deep ecology ⓘ linked to: The Deep Ecology Movement
hasConcept	biocentric equality ⓘ deep questioning of human-nature relationship ⓘ self-realization through identification with nature ⓘ total-field image of nature ⓘ
hasDocument	Deep Ecology Platform ⓘ linked to: The Deep Ecology Movement Eight-point Deep Ecology Platform ⓘ linked to: The Deep Ecology Movement
hasKeyFigure	Arne Næss ⓘ Bill Devall ⓘ George Sessions ⓘ Joanna Macy ⓘ John Seed ⓘ Warwick Fox ⓘ
influenced	ecophilosophy ⓘ ecosophy ⓘ environmental ethics ⓘ radical environmentalism ⓘ
influencedBy	Aldo Leopold ⓘ Arne Næss ⓘ Buddhist thought ⓘ Gandhian nonviolence ⓘ Rachel Carson ⓘ Spinozan philosophy ⓘ
opposes	anthropocentrism ⓘ

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