Deep Ecology pioneer Arne Naess argued that every living organism, from the tiniest microbe to the most majestic trees, has inherent worth.
He believed that the well-being and flourishing of human and non-human life on Earth have value in themselves and are independent of the usefulness of the non-human world for human purposes.
Are You Ready to See the World Anew?
To understand ourselves, to realize our potential to be human, we need to communicate intimately with what is, in a sense, most inhuman: wild, undeveloped nature.