TY - JOUR
T1 - Plastic flowers and mowed lawns
T2 - the exploration of everyday unsustainability
AU - Kopnina, Helen
PY - 2019/4/3
Y1 - 2019/4/3
N2 - In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based on literature review and observations, reveals mostly anthropocentric, instrumental and unsustainable practices. In urban landscapes plants are pushed to the margins, if not entirely eradicated. This article shows that moral recognition of plants is an ethical imperative, which is also critically important to achieve environmental sustainability. In line with ecocentric ethics and in the interest of long-term sustainability, this article suggests alternative, more ethical and sustainable ways of relating to plants in The Netherlands and beyond.
AB - In human-controlled environments and in cultivated landscapes, the plants accommodate social, cultural and economic needs. This article will focus on the use of plants for agriculture, urban planning, forestry, environmental education and indoor decoration in The Netherlands. This exploration, based on literature review and observations, reveals mostly anthropocentric, instrumental and unsustainable practices. In urban landscapes plants are pushed to the margins, if not entirely eradicated. This article shows that moral recognition of plants is an ethical imperative, which is also critically important to achieve environmental sustainability. In line with ecocentric ethics and in the interest of long-term sustainability, this article suggests alternative, more ethical and sustainable ways of relating to plants in The Netherlands and beyond.
KW - Environmental ethics
KW - environmental sustainability
KW - plants
KW - urban environment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85054765515&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/17549175.2018.1527780
DO - 10.1080/17549175.2018.1527780
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85054765515
VL - 12
SP - 131
EP - 155
JO - Journal of Urbanism
JF - Journal of Urbanism
SN - 1754-9175
IS - 2
ER -