About Me
Hi,
my
name is
Thomas and I'm the man
behind this website.
I first came across the ideas of Deep Ecology in Daniel Quinn's novel Ishmael. I subsequently read the rest of his books and eventually found my way to the writings of similar thinkers such as Thom Hartmann, Derrick Jensen, Arne Naess and Henry David Thoreau.
Every person who writes in this field approaches things from a
different angle. That is in fact the beauty of it. Each individual can
enjoy their own philosophy and spirituality whilst sharing the common
belief that the world exists for all creation, not just for man.
Why Deep Ecology?
There was no word or phrase that I knew of that neatly summed up these ideas and philosophies. It was a man I know called David, a energy healer living self-sufficiently in a cob house, who told me of the term Deep Ecology.
It doesn't sit perfectly with me. Sometimes I think it is too narrow, sometimes too broad. There is an inherent problem in labelling something in that you pick up all the baggage already associated with the term. However it is the best I have got. I needed to name this website something and it felt like the best fit.
My Background
I am a high school history and media studies teacher. In history my area of expertise is indigenous cultures and the effects of colonization; in media it is culture, politics and society.
However at the end of the day I'm really just a dude who read some books and got inspired by an idea that I feel needs to be shared.
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