The building of environmental culture, environmental culture, what is environmental culture

Environmental culture is the product of human social practice -- it is formed by the objective practice of human understanding and transformation of nature, and guides and influences people's subsequent activities of understanding and transforming nature. The process of the emergence and development of environmental culture is not only"Naturalization"process, and at the same time"Human evolution"process. "Culture is the activity of transforming nature and society, and it also transforms'Retrofitters'Oneself.

People create culture, and culture creates people"。"The process in which human subjects gradually realize their own values by adapting, utilizing, and transforming natural objects through social practice activities. The embodiment of the results of this process not only reflects the continuous improvement of natural appearance, form and function, but also reflects the continuous improvement and improvement of the quality of human individuals and groups" [9]。

Therefore, the development of human environment and culture is the confirmation of the status and level of human development of the subject, and it is also a necessary prerequisite for culture to nurture civilization and realize the all-round development of human beings.

"Environmental culture is a historical category that characterizes the interrelationship between man and nature", and the emergence and change of environmental culture have generally gone through three stages of development: "1Ancient – Obscure State of Environmental Culture:

Due to the low level of productivity and the extreme lack of scientific knowledge, human beings generally adopt an attitude of reverence and worship for the natural world, but they have also revealed the true insight of the unity of nature and man. 2.Modern times - environmental culture in a state of alienation:

After the first industrial revolution, the productive forces achieved unprecedented development, and human beings, intoxicated with their ability to intervene in the natural world, and the victory of "conquering" the natural world, blindly and greedily plundered and consumed natural resources, at the expense of the environment in exchange for economic growth". 3.Modern – Reflection on the state of environmental culture:

The rapid economic development has brought about the deterioration of the ecological environment, and people have begun to reflect on the traditional concept and mode of economic growth, and have begun to explore the way of co-evolution between man and nature from the cultural perspective. From this, we can see that the emergence and development of environmental culture has gone through a historical process, and it also shows that "environmental culture" as a concept contains the dual connotations of "backward" and "advanced": "backward environmental culture" is the environmental culture in the "hazy state" and "alienated state", which is negative, not conducive to the harmonious development of man and nature, and is not conducive to the long-term interests of human beings; "Advanced environmental culture" is a positive environmental culture in a "state of reflection", which is conducive to the harmonious coexistence of man and nature and the benign development of mankind in the future, that is, the environmental culture that is recognized and advocated in our current public discourse system - "the cultural type that is committed to the harmonious relationship between man and nature, man and man, and sustainable development, that is, environmental culture" [11], "environmental culture is the environmental culture of human beings to promote the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, the appearance of environmental protection behavior and the state of ecological civilization construction of coordinated development" [12].

In essence, the environmental culture (i.e., modern environmental culture) under the "state of reflection" was analyzed, and it was born in the second half of the 20th century, when the industrial civilization of Western countries with high growth, high consumption and high consumption promoted the prosperity of the economy and the improvement of people's living standards, but the predatory development consumed a lot of natural resources, overloaded and discharged a large amount of waste, broke the self-balance of the ecosystem, and the relationship between man and nature deteriorated at the same time, the environmental crisis of human existence became increasingly prominent. Out of their own instinctive needs for survival and health, after suffering from the pain and punishment brought about by the one-sided pursuit of economic growth, people have begun to re-examine the relationship between man and nature, human economic development and consumption patterns, and have carried out cultural reflection. It can be said that it has been gradually emphasized along with the continuous emergence and deterioration of environmental problems, and has been sublimated from the initial self-interest consideration to the level of environmental ethics

Endow nature with rights and intrinsic value, and give it humane respect and ethical care.

The Tracing of the Concept of Culture and the Theory of the New Territories.

The cultural environment itself is a special cultural component. Includes:

The natural environment is the natural environment that is transformed and used by human beings to provide material resources and activity sites for human beings for cultural life. Such as land, rivers, oceans, mines, forests, etc.;

The economic environment refers to a set of production conditions for human beings to process and transform nature to create material culture and serve as the basis for the creation of spiritual culture. Including tools, techniques, production methods and their organization, etc.;

The social environment refers to the organizational conditions that people create to provide coordination, order, and goals for their own cultural activities. Including various social organizations, institutions, systems, etc.

Also known as the "secondary environment". It refers to the man-made part of the environment, that is, to some basic cultural conditions for human beings to engage in cultural activities. Including science and technology, social organization, political conditions, etc.

As for the composition of environmental culture, it can be divided into "environmental cognitive culture", "environmental normative culture", "environmental material culture" and "environmental folk culture".

Environmental Cognition Culture.

1) The so-called "environmental cognitive culture" is the subjective reflection of the natural environment and the relationship between man and nature in the process of understanding and transforming nature, which is the premise of the development of environmental culture, mainly in the form of knowledge: it can be the environmental science (environmental psychology, environmental philosophy, environmental ecology, environmental landscape, environmental biology, environmental physics, environmental chemistry, environmental engineering, etc.) and theorized environmental protection knowledge through systematic induction and logical arrangement. It can also be spontaneous environmental common sense (colloquialisms, folk proverbs, etc. related to the natural environment). Its existential significance lies in providing knowledge and practical ability for people to understand nature, transform nature, and coordinate the relationship between man and nature.

The research content of environmental culture is extremely rich, and environmental culture occupies a special position in environmental science, which can promote the coordination and integration of various branches of environmental science, and its research results are more forward-looking and instructive. Environmental culture is a composite product of environmental studies and cultural studies. Culture and environmental culture are inclusive and "mother-child relationships", so the conceptual interpretation of environmental culture should be based on the basic concepts and characteristics of culture.

Through the traceability and analysis of the concept of culture, we can deduce the connotation and extension of environmental culture.

It is also known as the "cultural environment". The concept of cultural ecology refers to the background and conditions under which cultural groups interact with each other to engage in cultural creation, cultural dissemination and other cultural activities.