Habitats vary widely in size from an entire forest to the intestine of a termite. Hierarchy - An important term in Green usage, especially Social Ecology. In nature, hierarchies have an ecological context for complex relationships. In society, hierarchy represents top-down power relationships. In this context, hierarchies are causes for and used to explain inequalities between humanity's various groupings and individuals.
Greens look to ecology for examples.
A controversial term among Greens. A human-centered view, perception, understanding of environmental ethics as well as humanity's place in nature. Humanism arising from the Enlightenment is thought to give homo-centrism its greatest source of ideological justification. In practice, Homo-centrism translates into words like these when growth plans falter for the sake of biodiversity. It is absolutely ludicrous that a bunch of whacky conservationists cans cause these distractions.