SACRED COWS: THE MYTHS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MILITANTS’ SPEECHES

SACRED COWS: THE MYTHS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL MILITANTS’ SPEECHES

Fabio Angeoletto, Natália da Silva Martins

In this paper, we analyze five myths usually current in the speeches of environmentalists: the blank slate myth, the myth of cities as the antithesis of nature, the myth of environmental education as a panacea to environmental problems, and the myth of fragility of nature. We have tried to demonstrate that, despite support consensual and politically correct ideas, these myths engender a simplistic view of nature, which does not contribute to solve our ecological dilemmas.

2010

Ecología urbana, Educação ambiental, ambientalistas, ecología humana, mitos

Travessias

Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná

Language and Literature, Arts in general