1. Purshia GamblesHonors Integrated Science November 19, 2012

2. Why EnvironmentalPhilosophy, You Ask?

3. What is it? On the surface, you would think of a bunch of old guys under a tree asking, how do we know that this leaf is happy? But this is not the case.

4. Environmental philosophy is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the natural environment and humans place within it. Environmental philosophy includes environmental ethics, environmental aesthetics, ecofeminism and environmental theology.

5. Environmental Ethics Environmental Philosophy Environmental Aesthetics EnvironmentalEcofeminism Theology

6. Environmental Ethics Environmental ethics is the part of environmental philosophy which considers extending the traditional boundaries of ethics from solely including humans to including the non- human world

7. In this part of environmental philosophy, people ask the questions we are the most familiar with, such as, Should we chop down that tree to make currency? or What things do we need to preserve for our future generations?

8. Environmental Aesthetics Environmental aesthetics originated as a reaction to an emphasis on merely aesthetics, pursuing instead the investigation of the aesthetic appreciation of natural environments.

9. WHATS IT ALL MEAN?!?!?!?!

10. Environmental Theology Three basic views: The Creator-God exists externally to the physical world. God exists internally in the environment. God does not exist.

11. Ecofeminism Ecofeminism is the social movement that regards the oppression of women and nature as interconnected. It is one of the few movements and analyses that actually connects two movements.

12. Ecofeminism combines the movement of womens rights with the movement to care and preserve the Earth.

13. Works Cited http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics- environmental/ http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics- environmental/ http://enviroethics.org/ http://www.ecofem.org/ http://www.lancs.ac.uk/staff/twine/ecofe m/whatisecofeminism.html