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process in which man have come to respect nature and follow its laws, and reflect on
and adjust themselves in development.
“Ecological culture is about addressing the complicated relation between man
and nature. It is based on the ecosystem, respects ecological laws, and aims to meet
people’s diverse needs by realizing the various values of ecosystem. As an integral
part of material, institutional and spiritual culture, it reflects the coordination between
man and nature, man and man, man and society, and economy and environment, and
advocates a healthy and advanced way of production, life and consumption.”
Essentially, ecological culture reflects ecological productivity, crystallizes the
progress of human civilization, provides the intelligent and spiritual drive to push
the society forward, and permeates all sectors of the social ecology. In the meantime,
its essential trait is determined by man’s natural and social traits.
Ecological civilization is the summation of all positive results on material, spiritual and institutional fronts aimed to improve the man-nature relation and establish
a scientific ecological functioning mechanism and sound ecological environment.
According to the vision of ecological civilization, both man and nature are main
entities and have values; not only man, but all living objects rely on nature. As a
new vision, ecological civilization is a civilization paradigm proposed by man, after
reflecting on the defects of industrial civilization, to achieve coordinated development among population, resources and environment. The center of ecological civilization is the implementation of the value of man-nature harmony in economic and
social development and the manifestation of its results. It advocates respecting and
protecting nature, following its laws and rationally utilizing it, and taking the initiative to promote ecological civilization, so as to sustain the development of human
society in sound ecology and harmony with nature.
Ecological culture includes such topics as ecological values, ecological ethics,
ecological spirit and ecological aesthetics.
On the structural level, ecological culture consists of material culture, spiritual
culture, behavioral culture and institutional culture.
Ecological material culture, or the material reflection of ecological culture, refers
to the material results of human activities affecting the ecosystem. It includes natural
ecosystem and artificial ecosystem, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, natural
reserves, urban ecosystems, green industrial systems, ecological material products,
and various ecological cultural carriers.
Ecological spiritual culture, or the spiritual core of ecological culture, sums up
the human knowledge, sentiment and attitude toward ecology. It includes ecological
philosophy, ecological natural sciences and social sciences.
Ecological behavioral culture, which refers to the process of man imposing
impacts on the ecosystem with various tools, is the generalization of human behaviors, practices and activities that have an impact on ecology. It includes afforestation, ecological business, industrial development, ecological trade and tourism, and
consumption of ecological products.
Ecological institutional culture refers to laws, regulations, policies and systems
related with ecology. It reflects the human values and institutional needs in different
periods.
J. Lin
process in which man have come to respect nature and follow its laws, and reflect on
and adjust themselves in development.
“Ecological culture is about addressing the complicated relation between man
and nature. It is based on the ecosystem, respects ecological laws, and aims to meet
people’s diverse needs by realizing the various values of ecosystem. As an integral
part of material, institutional and spiritual culture, it reflects the coordination between
man and nature, man and man, man and society, and economy and environment, and
advocates a healthy and advanced way of production, life and consumption.”
Essentially, ecological culture reflects ecological productivity, crystallizes the
progress of human civilization, provides the intelligent and spiritual drive to push
the society forward, and permeates all sectors of the social ecology. In the meantime,
its essential trait is determined by man’s natural and social traits.
Ecological civilization is the summation of all positive results on material, spiritual and institutional fronts aimed to improve the man-nature relation and establish
a scientific ecological functioning mechanism and sound ecological environment.
According to the vision of ecological civilization, both man and nature are main
entities and have values; not only man, but all living objects rely on nature. As a
new vision, ecological civilization is a civilization paradigm proposed by man, after
reflecting on the defects of industrial civilization, to achieve coordinated development among population, resources and environment. The center of ecological civilization is the implementation of the value of man-nature harmony in economic and
social development and the manifestation of its results. It advocates respecting and
protecting nature, following its laws and rationally utilizing it, and taking the initiative to promote ecological civilization, so as to sustain the development of human
society in sound ecology and harmony with nature.
Ecological culture includes such topics as ecological values, ecological ethics,
ecological spirit and ecological aesthetics.
On the structural level, ecological culture consists of material culture, spiritual
culture, behavioral culture and institutional culture.
Ecological material culture, or the material reflection of ecological culture, refers
to the material results of human activities affecting the ecosystem. It includes natural
ecosystem and artificial ecosystem, such as forests, wetlands, grasslands, natural
reserves, urban ecosystems, green industrial systems, ecological material products,
and various ecological cultural carriers.
Ecological spiritual culture, or the spiritual core of ecological culture, sums up
the human knowledge, sentiment and attitude toward ecology. It includes ecological
philosophy, ecological natural sciences and social sciences.
Ecological behavioral culture, which refers to the process of man imposing
impacts on the ecosystem with various tools, is the generalization of human behaviors, practices and activities that have an impact on ecology. It includes afforestation, ecological business, industrial development, ecological trade and tourism, and
consumption of ecological products.
Ecological institutional culture refers to laws, regulations, policies and systems
related with ecology. It reflects the human values and institutional needs in different
periods.