How an author sees and describes these elements relates to geological, botanical, zoological, meteorological, ecological, as well as aesthetic, social, and psychological, considerations. And then there is the historical vantage point. Fieldwork on the part of scholars and students can improve the practice of ecocriticism . Ecocriticism must tolerate dissent . We should welcome the opinions of those who argue there is no ecological crisis, who hold that environmentalism has gone too far in its methods and goals, who think that nature writing smacks of purple prose.
Diversity is healthy, both in the ecosystem and in the academic community.