In this article we focus upon a division between generalized schools of philosophical and ethical thought about culture and conservation. There is an ongoing debate playing out over conservation between those who believe conservation threatens community livelihoods and traditional practices, and those …

This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book introduces the development of environmental anthropology as a distinct sub-field and its central theoretical issues, and provides extensive intellectual histories and commentary by the …

The Ecocentric and Anthropocentric Attitudes toward the Sustainable Development (EAATSD) scale measures environmental concern in relation to sustainable development. This article will discuss how this scale was tested with three groups of Dutch higher education students. Findings demonstrate that anthropocentric …

We address the explicit ecocentric roots of conservation science and the support of a growing number of conservationists for ecocentric natural value. Although ecosystem‐services arguments may play an important role in stemming the biodiversity crisis, a true transformation of humanity's relationship …

The first part of this paper provides a series of conceptual critiques to illustrate how the recent move to inaugurate a “post-nature” world works to vindicate anthropocentric perspectives and a techno-managerial approach to the environmental crisis. We contend with this premise and suggest that troubling …

Nurses are accountable to apply the nursing process, which is key for patient care: It is a problem-solving process providing the structure for care plans and documentation. The state-of-the art nursing process is based on classifications that contain standardized concepts, and therefore, it is named …

In de afgelopen jaren is crowdfunding gegroeid van een middel voor stichtingen en kunstenaars om via donaties financiering op te halen, tot een alternatief voor bancaire financiering voor MKB bedrijven en de financiering van vastgoed en duurzame energie projecten. Wie zijn de financiers van deze projecten? …

According to the critics of conventional sustainability models, particularly within the business context, it is questionable whether the objective of balancing the social, economic and environmental triad is feasible, and whether human equality and prosperity (as well as population growth) can be achieved …

Full text hoofdstuk via link Samenvatting boek: Dit boek staat stil bij de spanning tussen verharding, vechten en straffen aan de ene kant, en de noodzaak tot bemiddeling, conflictbeslechting en heling aan de andere kant. Hoe uit zich dat in de mediationpraktijk? Biedt dit soms ook nieuwe mogelijkheden …

Een veel gehoorde klacht is dat de samenleving alsmaar verhardt. Conflicten worden uitvergroot, mensen raken snel in de ‘vechtmodus’ en sociale media zoeken de grenzen van het toelaatbare op. Echtscheidingen worden ‘vechtscheidingen’ met nadelige gevolgen voor alle betrokkenen. Deze verharding gaat samen …