envirocentric

English

Etymology

From enviro- +‎ -centric.

Adjective

envirocentric (comparative more envirocentric, superlative most envirocentric)

1. Focused on environment.
   • 1993, Horst Siebert, Economic Growth in the World Economy: Symposium 1992, J.C.B. Mohr, →ISBN, page 228:

     Putting a firm constraint on some elements of the development vector would definitely constrain economic activity. For example, if an envirocentric view held that we must bequeath the present climate to the next generation, this would lead to an economic upheaval.

   • 2011, “Human Values and Sustainability”, in Julie Newman, Paul Robbins, editors, Green Ethics and Philosophy: An A-to-Z Guide, SAGE Publications, →ISBN, page 279:

     As an ethical framework, sustainability demands that we make environmentally responsible and rational decisions to protect our species. We do this by living out our obligation to protect the Earth’s often fragile and irreplaceable ecosystems. This responsibility entails envirocentric individual human and group agency within community, national, and global institutions, such as political, financial, and business organizations.

   • 2012, Timothy Collins, Cornelia Butler Flora, “Part VI. Grassroots Activism [§] 34. The Community Capitals Framework: A Systematic Approach to Environmental leadership”, in Deborah Rigling Gallagher, editor, Environmental Leadership: A Reference Handbook, volume 1: “Perspectives on Environmental Leadership”, SAGE Publications, Rolf A. Janke, →ISBN, “Exploration” § “Ethical Underpinnings” § “Political Capital: Commonwealth”, page 319, column 2:

     Environmental leaders support government protection of natural capital and equality of ownership and access for all inhabitants of the land community. Envirocentric government enables leaders to facilitate the efficacy of the other capitals through democratic process of community dialogue and deliberation (Matthews, 1998).

Related terms

• envirocentrism