What are characteristics of the system beliefs of which ecoliteracy is a part?

- Participatory democracy

- ethical obligations to the “land community”

- ecological design

- simplicity

- widespread education/understanding of principles of natural systems

- decentralization

- human-scale technologies

- holism

- patterns

- connections

- diversity

- life as sacred

- anti-militarism

- justice

- preservation/conservation

- anti-authoritarian

- peace

- fairness

- sustainability

- humans as finite/fallible

- world limited by natural laws

- durability

- prudence

- stewardship

- celebration of creation

Orr, D. (2006). 12 Ecological Literacy in Pretty, J. Environment Volume 1. Key Issues for the 21st Century. SAGE: Thousand Oaks. pp. 175-183.