Larry C wrote:


If I would compare Environmentalism to a religion, I would have to
compare it to pre-christian Celtic religions (commonly referred to as
Druids), which would qualify as nature worship.


Actually, the development of true environmental ethics is very recent.
Holmes Rolston was awarded the Templeton Prize for Progress Toward
Research or Discoveries about Spiritual Realities in 2003; See:
http://www.templetonprize.org/bios_recent.html

Professor Rolston uses natural history examples to illustrate
principles of environmental ethics that are intrinsic and independent
from human value judgment.

Most recently, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to
Wangari Maathai; See:
http://nobelprize.org/peace/laureates/2004/press.html

Mrs. Maathai is best known for helping to establish sustainable
environmental practices in Africa, and her organizing poor communities
and women by using an environmental impetus.





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Burn the land and boil the sea
You can't take the sky from me

- From "Ballad of Serenity" by Joss Whedon