Nested Ecology: The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy

by Edward T. Wimberley, John F. Haught (Foreword)

Nested Ecology provides a pragmatic and functional approach to realizing a sustainable environmental ethic. Edward T. Wimberley asserts that a practical ecological ethic must focus on human decision making within the context of larger social and environmental systems. Think of a set of mixing bowls, in which smaller bowls sit within larger ones. Wimberley sees the world in much the same way, with personal ecologies embedded in social ecologies that in turn are nested within natural ecologies. Wimberley urges a complete reconceptualization of the human place in the ecological hierarchy. Going beyond the physical realms in which people live and interact, he extends the concept of ecology to spirituality and the “ecology of the unknown.” In doing so, Wimberley defines a new environmental philosophy and a new ecological ethic.

264 pages, Paperback

First published April 17, 2009

Reviews

[Logan Streondj · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's an okay book with main premise being that humans are a part of the environment, which is true enough. Much of the book though is like very abstract and theoretical with mostly tertiary experiences, and no like first hand narrative or understandings. I'm not sure it's worth archiving, as it didn't really make much of a point and is just like some environmental atheist ramblings.