Questions on Bodian's "An Interview with Arne Naess"

1.  If you group is presenting, come prepared with definitions of the following terms:

• Deep ecology
• Shallow ecology
• Conservation
• Ecosophy
• Paradigm shift
• Self-realization
• The self vs. the ego
• Tao

2.  How do clouds talk to us?

3.  Why are economic growth and high levels of consumption so important?  What is and is not worthwhile in life?

4.  What "paradigm shift" does Naess recommend?

5.  Are we limited only to the two options that Naess mentions:  "A 'smooth' way, involving harmonious living with nature, or a 'rough' way, involving a dictatorship and coercion"?

6.  Do you feel responsible for the future of human generations?  Why or why not?

7.  What point does Naess make about Rachel Carson?  You should look back and see what Swimme says about her on page 113.  What values do you believe should govern your individual life and the life of American society?

8.  Complete the following homology:

    Shallow ecology:_______________::deep ecology:_______________.

9.  If you were asked to identify one sentence as Naess's thesis, which one would you select?  Which sentence best encapsulates his main point?

10.  Answer this question:  "'In what situations do I experience the maximum satisfaction of my whole being?'"

11.  Do you agree that "instead of an energy crisis, we have a crisis of consumption"?

12.  If Naess and Swimme and Marx were having a conversation, what opinions would they share or not share?

13.  If everyone in the world took Naess's advice, what things would happen?  What changes would we make in human civilization?