SMN All around today we hear people discussing the deep ecology movement and how its advocates believe in this or that. Unfortunately, many of those who discount deep ecology know little or nothing about it.
Deep ecology is an all encompassing philosophical paradigm shift.
Arne Naess received his Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Oslo at the age of 24. At 27, Naess became the youngest ever professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo. Naess is highly regarded in the scientific and philosophical community. Naess was also an accomplished mountaineer. In 1950, he became the first man to ascend the 25,230-foot Tirich Mir, the highest peak in the Hindu Kush.