Nature and society: relations and trends from an eurocentric approach

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo el desarrollo de una revisión y una reflexión acerca de la evolución de los vínculos entre naturaleza-sociedad y sus tendencias. Metodológicamente, en la primera parte, se describen estas relaciones en los diferentes periodos históricos y las interacciones que las caracterizaron. En la segunda parte se presentan las grandes tendencias que han guiado el pensamiento en torno a la relación naturaleza-sociedad, definidas como la tendencia naturalista, ecologista y ambiental, y se analiza cómo esta última permeó el enfoque del desarrollo durante el siglo XX y dio paso a la propuesta de desarrollo sostenible. Finalmente, se establecen los diferentes discursos que enmarcan la problematización de la relación naturaleza-sociedad dentro del marco del desarrollo sostenible.The objective of this work is to develop a review and reflection on the evolution of the links between nature-society and its trends. Methodologically, in the first part these relations in different historical periods and the interactions that characterized them are described. In the second part the major trends that have guided the thinking around a nature-society relationship, defined as the naturalist, ecologist and environmental tendency are presented, and how the latter permeated the focus of development in the twentieth century and gave way to the proposal of sustainable development is analyzed. Finally, the different discourses that frame the problematization of the nature-society relationship within the framework of the sustainable development are established

Eduard, Sasha, and I Go to the Black Sea

During the coffee break I tell Eduard that one of the bigwigs from his lab creeps me out. To him this is no surprise. He asks if I have gone swimming in the Black Sea. No. Not yet. I plan to go this afternoon, when most of the conference participants are on an excursion to a botanical garden. He decides I need an escort. Eduard is older than my mother, born in 1935. I have known him for over twenty years. Yesterday my children chided me for not including Eduard in our skype session. Today he and I sit outside the conference center, on the floor of a stone balcony, where the wireless is decent. On my little netbook each of our faces, Eduard’s and mine, are cut in half. The kids streak around in the other screen of my netbook, leaving contrails. [excerpt

The Nurturing Nature of Nature

This piece of creative non-fiction describes my relationship with National Parks and the way their beauty and power has shaped my life

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