Ecocriticism plays a huge role into connecting nature with culture.

It is a bridge that allows

people to see how particular of a treatment is coming into place or as one by a particular culture
towards the environment that they live in, more perhaps, in a general context, how people treat it that
is presented symbolically whether it is in the way of thoughts being wrapped around one another or a
spasmodically rivet towards nature.

First off, ecocriticism gives us insights towards how people view the environment which doesn’t
only give us lessons but also solutions as well. See, literature is a way for people to critically open their
mind to think and what’s wonderful about is that each page contains wonderful elements that stem
towards it based on the author’s ideologies that contains his/her personal beliefs, assumptions, mindset
or moral ethics which he/she puts in the work that is being created. It investigates the relation between
humans and the natural world in literature. It deals with how environmental issues, cultural issues
concerning the environment and attitudes towards nature are presented and analyzed. It has a kin
relationship with culture as individuals in society behave and react in relation to nature and ecological
aspects.

Last, it holds a symbiotic relationship with nature, itself. Ecocriticism has allowed many of us of
magical opportunities to reflect on the hectic and constant revamps on the world, more likely, on
nature, itself. There is a strong analysis beneath the pristine methodology of analyzing and interpreting
texts which brings a new dimension to viewing nature as a connection, as a bridge, as a friend and as a
mother.

There have been different styles that regard the connection and treatment towards nature but
ecocriticism allows a particular safe haven in its right place.

There is a connection that makes ecocriticism related with culture anthropology. It is in the way
how people treat nature, how they find semblance of understanding with it and most likely, how they
interact with it. Documentaries help us find semblance of relativity between anthropology and ecology,
the relationship between culture and the natural environment in which it grows.

Books are a mirror towards future, present or past interactions of people with nature that helps
us understand the relationship of people with ecology. It helps us find or break solutions whether the
product is of old age or ‘new age’ based on perspectives of authors who are akin to experience such as
experienced versus inexperience.

Ecocriticism makes sociology an acknowledgement on how we’ve changed our environment and
discuss our accountability to that with classical examinations that would look at nature in those works as
a symbol or metaphor that mirrored human concerns, ecocriticism, in contrast, attempts to delineate
how people relate to the environment and are in turn shaped by it.
 Philosophy It deals with the moral views between humans and the environment. It is concerned
with the way humans impact their natural environment and it seeks to help people become more aware
of how the earth is slowly deteriorating.

Major religions and their diverse religious associations share the belief that humans are
stewards of the environment and its resources. Therefore, they would account for the way they led their
lives, including how they treated the biodiversity resources in nature.

History is to deepen our understanding of how humans has been affected by the natural
environment in the past and also how they have affected that environment and with what results. The
study of human interaction with the natural world over time, emphasizing the active role nature plays in
influencing human affairs and vice versa.

Existentialism is also connected with ecocriticism as people try to create meaning in themselves
which may stem from various angles perceived in ecology or the environment not restricted to their
individual life separated akin to it.

Music is also involved in ecocriticism as it derives inspiration on a particular theme regarding

ecology in different themes such as the sole act of affecting, how it is treated and possible treatments as
to enlighten the audience of ‘hedonistic’ values as opposed to ‘helping’ it.

Ecocriticism gives us discernments towards how the environment is being affected by man-
made activities such as in literature as a mirror to how people treat it that paves way towards dropping
moral lessons into what should’ve been, could’ve been, must’ve been versus should’ve not, could’ve not
and must’ve not done.

As ecocriticism focuses on the study of literature and the environment, it also teaches us to
appreciate nature fully. They describe the beauty of our environment, and they give us the desire to
immerse ourselves in the natural world.

The common ground on which all strands of ecocriticism stand is the assumption that the ideas
and structures of desire which govern the interactions between humans and their natural environment
(including, perhaps most crucially, the very distinction between the human and the non-human) are of
central importance if we are to get a handle on our ecological predicament.

Ecocriticism can find the ultimate causes of environmental destruction, a special case of general
human exchange, and so understand how to achieve changes in the causes rather than in the effects.
Things like global warming and deforestation are the proximate causes of the narratives produced by
ecocriticism, but the ultimate cause is the system of symbolic representation and exchange that
mediates the relations between nature and society
 Ayon kay Levita (1996) ang salitang Higaonon ay galing sa 'gaon' na ang ibig sabihin ay 'bundok',
"thong bundok" o "taong taga-bundok

Ayon kay Unahi Mindanao nagmula ito sa tatlong mahahalagang kataga, 'pangkat-higa' (buhay),
'gaon' (bundok), at 'onon. (tao). Taong nabubuhay sa bundok.

Sa papel ni Tangian (2010), ang higa ay salitang bukid na ang ibig sabihin ay "pinagkukutaan" at
ang non ay taong taga-itaas. "Pinagkukutaan ng taong taga-itaas.

Ang taas ay tumutukoy sa mataas na lugar halimbawa: bundok at burol • Higaono din ang tawag
sa kanilang wika • Kilala bilang Lumad ang pangkat na ito para sa mga taga-Mindanao
 The Higaonon described as “people of living mountains” and “people of the wilderness” are one
of the lumads (indigenous peoples) in the mountainous areas of Northern Mindanao in southern
Philippines, who have resisted assimilation or acculturation, with their traditional systems, practices,
beliefs remaining relatively intact

Higaonons have retained up to this day is their system of conflict resolution, locally called
paghusay (meaning “to settle”). They resolve all kinds of conflicts simply by words as long as they take
place within their jurisdiction. Cases that reach the tribal authorities for possible resolution include
thievery, fighting, murder, misunderstandings, adultery, land conflicts, contempt against rituals and
conflicts involving rebels.

The ability of the Higaonon to effectively solve internal conflicts has led to them being described
as a genuinely peace loving community and the “weavers of peace“. The culture of Higanaon tribe can
best be described as a culture of Peace, for solving their internal conflicts or settle feuds among other
ethnic groups, the tribes practises an ancient ritual: the Tampudas hu Balagun, or the treaty of the
green vine branch, a symbolic ans traditonal cutting of the vine.

Their way of life is focused on managing the forests they live in and to create a co-existence with
its other inhabitants in a harmonious way. Higaonon people have struggled tirelessly for their
independence as a tribe, their rights to cultural integrity and the right to self-determination. the
Higaonon, have managed to maintain the skills and knowledge that will protect its forested mountains.

1.) period of time during which human activities have impacted the environment enough to
constitute a distinct geological change.
2.) Ang pangunahing tauhan o ang sentrong karakter ng kwento ay naapektuhan ng mga pwersa ng
kalikasan.
3.) This is a conflict where a large group of people is affected by the environment or is perceived as
a conflict towards them such as safety including shelter and others.
4.) Dala ng industriyalisasyon ang pagbaba ng antas ng pagsasaka. Isasagawa ang deforestation
para may mapaglagyan o mapagawaan ng mga bagong buildings para sa kompanya.
Lumalabas din ang mga pabrikang gumagawa ng produktong industriyal ng maiitim na usok
na maaaring makasira ng mga halaman at maging dahilan ng polusyon. Ang mga basurang
nailalabas ng mga builings at ang mga produkto nito ay kadalasang hindi nabubulok, kung
kaya't kapag naitapon sa kung saan ay maaaring maging dahilan ng baha at polusyon sa
tubig.
5.) Ecomafia is an Italian neologism for criminal activities related to organized crime which cause
damage to the environment.