This study reviews the many different bases for wanting to preserve the environment. By seeing how protagonists approach the same situation from different assumptions, some of the origins of environmental conflict may be established, and ways of resolving conflict can be identified. There are two major issues in environmental ethics: The first asks whether the problems can be solved within current approaches, or require instead lifestyle changes for the whole of western civilisation. The second issue concerns why the environment should be valued. This review identifies a series in increasingly stronger valuations that can be identified as: 1. Hedonistic - we protect the environment because we like it. 2. Utilitarian - the environment is valuable to us 3. Consequentialist - we want to preserve things for other people - now or future. 4. Intrinsic - The environment has virtue in its own right 5. Extrinsic - we value the environment because it is of consequence to some thing else - theistic (a God). Thirdly, these insights are used to explore potential ways of resolving environmental conflicts, notably by the recovery of democratic decision making at the right scale: local, national or even global.

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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A Prayer For Our Children is a gift of prayers, meditations, scriptures, quotes and liturgy intended to inspire all who love children to pray for their protection, prosperity and possibilities to fulfill their dreams. A Prayer For Our Children is hope overflowing, love over-reaching and faith overwhelming doubt and frustrations. It summons, calls, and challenges people from every nation, town, village or hamlet to come together on one accord: to bless, save and prepare our children for lives filled with promises that overcome the perils of life. It is also an admission that there are answers beyond ourselves that will deliver, liberate and set free. Prayer works. Prayer blesses and prayer liberates. A Prayer For Our Children is the greatest gift our community of elders, parents, teachers and caring adults can pass onto the next generation.

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