Sentences with phrase «ecomodernist manifesto»

... to the extent that the ecomodernist manifesto does not take account of the real - world obstacles to that goal, it ducks the very question it claims to be addressing.

The rhetoric of the ecomodernist manifesto boils down to the simple proposition that we can as a species manage both economic development and ecological conservation.

Although I greatly respect the concepts behind the ecomodernist manifesto, I feel it does a poor job of engaging many traditional environmentalists.

Without substantially changing the substance, I wonder if the ecomodernist manifesto could have won over people such as George Monbiot, simply by better explanation and a change of emphasis?

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Meanwhile, the «ecomodernists» behind the manifesto — a cadre of environmentalists, many of whom are associated with the Breakthrough Institute, a center - left think tank — have faced accusations of apostasy from their liberal and environmentalist brethren for endorsing nuclear power, criticizing the idea that we can live in harmony with nature, and generally rejecting the ecological orthodoxy that we need limits on growth.

Judging from their manifesto, the ecomodernists could be described as people who heard from the prophets of doom that it would be easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for the poor of the Earth to enter the kingdom of modernity and prosperity.

Latour offered a rollicking critique of ecomodernists and their manifesto, kicking off a discussion among the other panelists and participants about what it means to be human and the division between nature and society.