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    $3.95 ISSN 0892-6199, xg Vol5, No.4 Fall 88 THE TRUMPETER Journal of Ecosophy eS ay oe SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNOLOGY, SENSE OF PLACE LightStar: P.O. Box 5853, Sin. B, Victoria, B.C. Canada V&R 68 PUBLISHER LightStar Press Victoria, B.C Canada EDITORIAL STAFF ‘Alan R. Drengson, Editor in Chief Editorial Add Victoria Stevens, Managing Eiitor The Trumpeter P.O. Box 5853 Sin B Victoria, B Canada V8R 638 N.B. For full list of Cor sulting Editors-Referees, see inside of back cover. Published quarterly, supported entirely by the Canadian Ecophilosophy Network subscribers. The Aim of The Trumpeter is to providea diversity of perspee- ‘cs on environmental relationships and Nature, By “diversity we mean cross- and tansdisciplinary reflections from both scholarly and nonscholarly sources. Our purpose is toinvestigate deep ecological philosophy as this manifests itself in the ac~ tivities and lives of people working in different ways to come to ‘adecper and more harmonious relationship between self, com- (Nature. The Trumpeter is dedicated to exploration ‘ofan conteibutions to a new ecological consciousness and sen sibilities, and the practice of forms of life imbued with ecosophy (ecological harmony and wisdom). Published Quarterly by ‘ghtStar Press, P.O, Box $853, Stn B., Vietoria, B.C, Canada VSR 6SS, FUTURE AND BACK ISSUES; Future issues will feature ar- ticles on progress, technology and sense of place, Baek Issues of Vols. 1, 2, 3, & 4 are sull available. Vol. 1, presents basic ecophilosopical concepts and reading lists; Vol. 2 features a Uhree issue focus onecoagriculture; Vol. 3 has athree issue focus on wilderness, Vol. 4 features articles on love, sex, ecology of self, ecofeminism, magic, animals, place and ancient ecology. Each volume of bick issues is $12 for volumes 1 & 2, $14.00 for 3&4, includes postage and handling, bookrate © of all materials held exclusively by the authors, except for those previously published, as noted in the credits. A rights Please Renew Subscriptions: We nood your financial and other support to continue publication, All subscriptions are duc first quarter of cach year, unless other arrangements have be ‘made, The rates for 1988 are $10 Can. in Canada, $10 U.S. 10 the U.S. Overseas surface is $12 U.S. Institutions SI& Please tl your friends about The Trumpeter, give gilt subscriptions ‘Thanks to all of you who have supported this journal Note to Contributors: We need your contributions of articles. poems, artwork, and information. Please supply clear, typed Copy, and if possible send a file of your article on 5 1/4" oppy disk, IBM DOS, Wordstar, Word Perfect or ASCII, snd full in formation on sources. If matcrial has becn published elsewhere please provide this information in full. Also include a note on ‘yourself like those published in this journel, We prefer that fo ‘notes and references are kept to a minimum, For format pl write 10 us for the author's information shoct, We requite copies of your paper, place your nanze only at the emul in the author's note Art Credits: All anwork in this issue by Gus diZerega, who teaches political science at the University of Puget Sound Tacoma, Wn, 98416 USA, Printed in Victoria, B.C., Canada, by Albatross Printing, Victoria, B.C Canada Date of Issue~-November 1988 Second Class Mail Registration NO. 7026, THE TRUMPETER Journal of Ecosophy Volume 5 Fall 1988 Number 4 Table of Contents INTRODUCTION oo... cesses : Editor “29 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: A VIEW OF LIMITLESS GROWTH? sesseesee esse Norman Jacob 11 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: ECONOMIC MYTHS AND ECOLOGICAL REALITIES Wiliam Rees. 2133 SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEEP LONG-RANGE ECOLOGY MOVEMENT ...... Arne Naess 138 \WHATIS PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGY? AN INTRODUCTION «Pass Hellen 12 THE ARROGANCE AND BANALITY OF TECHNOLOGY: CRITIQUE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF DEEP ECOLOGY Hwa Yol Jung as HEIDEGGER AND MARX: INAUTHENTICITY, ALIENATION AND TECHNOLOGY ........----JerrS.G. Donaldson 19 POETRY . : -dlelen Andren 82 “THE SECULARIZATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS ANDTHE ARTIFICIAL ENVIRONMENT... Vern Weber 153 ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS IN THE JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK. .--+.++-++++ Richard F Fleck 137 TOWARD A THEORY OF SENSE OF PLACE Robert Hay 159 ‘THE ETERNAL VISION cessesntsieuesseesee Steve Slavik 1165 HUMAN EXISTENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND ECOPOETICS [ACOMMENTARY ON THE PHENOMENOLOGICAL EXCURSIONS OFTHDE AND KOHAK Hwa Yol Jung 166 POETRY eso Step Chil 168 INTRODUCTION Alan R. Drengson, Editor Recently, Hazel Henderson visited the University of Victoria, in animal. I takes what itcan get and then spends its time Iaid back British Columbia, Canada, There she led a workshop and later in socializing, orin sleep. tn fact, tigers do sleep a great deal, and ave a talk, ‘The’ workshop was called “Riding the Tiger of seem to enjoy just situng and lying with heads erect, eyes par- Thange.” Itfgcussed on the problems of transition to sustainable ally closed, community life styles, given the reality of various forces of the ground. Sometimes they are playful and comical fSobaleagon fleregorcomieal the ugar eas Soe tals moran "etl ihe wostopisineesing wore upon frit seul solgy: Hess mage saucy nch ny bors inggss fem Obenual Tadd: Alough hs Oger Loreler ath lager Ci that wit sagt Sus. incwouc ote West he nagegtrdng augeriaspayeda "There bel Sony me Chan Buds vadtion he promncniroleinboinfapanese tnd Chinesccufures: onthe ancestor of Zen) about an Old monk who saeniced hel sand noses alent. They meditatively merge into rather Fina ofa user conjures up the idea ofan animal tht is lage feed angry uaress and her young. ‘The story cleat iluuates india or di and lietce--as does, tobe sure, for people in the East from I anumber ferent important clements of Buddhist spiritual tolapan, Riding a ter, m one popular saying, involves the risk traditions and practice, appreciated with the precision ofa mar: of ending vp inside. If change is pictured as a ger, is possible tal technique. The story is both concise and yet deep. One can tostay ons back iol and swept along bythe forces ofchange? Riding suggesty perspec Being incon, driving, or ead We ores of change. Great ‘onveyed through a brevity that enables one to Hold the skillis needed, stone is 6 lay on the charging, leaping, lake entire teaching, the whole of us wigdom, withinone's awareness ing, rolling, climbing uger. ima single moment. This gives ae fo'memoranle ines and a ‘mune Fast the uferts ot always seen as fleree. Sometimes powerful story. ‘The crystallization of practice in such stories the tigeris pictured as friendly, curious but not ico ambitious Feisane that there are mature leachers who have long practiced "© T9RB by LighiSiar Press ISSN 0832-6193 there toride, rather than to be swallowed up spend a lifetime deciphering its many meanings and different ves. In such stories the essence of spiritual teachings ‘he spiritual discipline. Such practice beings Freedom and also liberation from those things tat grieve, anger and ttillate us as addictions to unwhole staes of mind, giving rise 10 compen: Salory trivings that estlessly want to go home, Ando it's with change as experienced in the modem world, That which is referred to as the uger in our mids is unprecedented change {riven by technological forces) that isnot our intended destiny. This is one of the reasons we find it disquieting, and why We resist, and are uncertain Tn facing a tiger one cannot be hesitant or preoccupied with wi Being im and phy alert amore ap spoach, esocctty hencouped withreapet and afecon for be uses inoat lives. Justas the tiger awakens the der, sotoo our current sitvation is one which can awaken us to the whole of our ives, Which Is one of our main tasks as humans. Weare born in Tinished, but wih great potential, However, in modern sondl- thons i i haed to realize that ur ives are incomplete not cay because we are not empowered and liberated, bu because there sre so many distacuons, and also because we lack consistent practices which will enable us to reintegrate, authenticate, and Walidate ourselves in cooperation with others, which is pat of the meaning of community. Human communities tend to work best, when they have within them fully visible embodiments of theif own best vals, io. fully mature humans. Ths only hap pens consistently, when there dre community practices, which In Surge wan Ras would have to werk tough ih ve of Smaller; more diverse groups Tn th se of he workshop about the ger of chang, became clear that tis difficult to keep the Whole of ou situation bofore us, in terms of Our problems asa civilization, @ nation, @ person, oF a species. Vet we must do this, if we are (understand Shat needs to be done. Having undersod itn terms of deep ecological principles, clalionships and processes, we wil sot what sons of practises and activites are most conducive ccosophy, i, ecological harmony and wisdom. Tes now becoming more widely realized that we are facing some of the most difficult problems the human spoctes has ever faced, And the treats to our existence are the result of our Own creative and habitual actions, magnitied by the power of modem technology. The desiricuon of our planet for desires, instead of the ereation of sustainable practices thatare wholesome, as it~ wolves the consumption of our own essence, The hunger of Our ichnologieal striving, coupled with our debt driven dis. economies of resource consumption and. waste production, feflectsahungerin the utnan sprit To liveso unaware and Was: telly, s0 possessively consumed by grosd and unfilled needs, 'St0'% lacking the freedom to alter the forees of change that ae icading ws to destruction. These are times which cal UpOn Us transform our lives from consumptive to sustainable practices, nes that are restorative, healing, an nonharmtut for al beings ofthe Earth, centr lmt in Are Nacs's formulation fa deeply ccological philosophy of life is ccos osophy emerges Svhen we havea total view of all of the various ecological dimen Sions wo our lives, It involves a realization that one eg0-self is ‘cally but a small part of a mach larger Slt, and tis ecologi= Gal Sell extends as far a8 we ean explove is elationships, the extent of tis distance depends on our level of maturity. When wwe deeply look ita the eeology of ou ives in this way. we can appreciate thatthe deep ecology way is ove committed to com patsionate understanding and nonviolent acon, Tt has nothing {odo with promoting violence gnd hatred of human beings Nate that hore we are taking of philosopry, and. deep ccological philosophers say that they follow adeepecclogy way. Deep ecology is practiced tin part) by means ofa deepening in

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