ecopragmatism

English

Etymology

Coined in 1999 by Daniel A. Farber as eco- +‎ pragmatism

Noun

ecopragmatism (uncountable)

1. A belief that the best approach to solving ecological problems involves pragmatism.
   • 2001, Environmental Ethics - Volume 23, Issues 1-2, page 35:

     The most successful fusion of ecopragmatism and feminism occurs in the work of J. Ronald Engel.

   • 2003, Jim Chen, The Jurisdynamics of Environmental Protection, →ISBN:

     In order to animate discussion of these provisions in the context of my ecopragmatism model, I will use the following hypothetical case.

   • 2011, Mary Jo Deegan, Self, War, and Society: George Herbert Mead's Macrosociology, →ISBN:

     His multidisciplinary work emerges primarily from religious studies. Engel's eloquent intellectual, religious, and politically involved ecopragmatism is closely allied with ecofeminist feminism, but he, too, lacks an explicitly feminist analysis.

   • 2014 June 4, Stewart Brand, “Back From the Brink: Should we use cloning to save endangered species?”, in Slate Magazine:

     I'm also the author of a book on ecopragmatism, called Whole Earth Discipline, that Friese quotes approvingly.