Editing Utopia (section)

===Ecological===
[[File:Ecotopia 1990 yoga teacher.jpg|thumb|[[European Youth For Action#Ecotopia gathering|Ecotopia 1990]]. Yoga class]]
Ecological utopian society describes new ways in which society should relate to nature.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Claeys |first1=Gregory |title=Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life after Consumerism |date=2024 |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |location=Princeton |isbn=9780691236681 |pages=608 |url=https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691236681/utopianism-for-a-dying-planet |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Ecotopia: The Notebooks and Reports of William Weston]]'' from 1975 by Ernest Callenbach was one of the first influential ecological utopian novels.<ref name="Callenbach, Ernest and Heddle, James">Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/tYc9myGMmTc Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210414202321/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYc9myGMmTc Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web | title= "Ecotopia Then & Now," an interview with Ernest Callenbach | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYc9myGMmTc | access-date=2013-04-06 |author1=Callenbach, Ernest  |author2=Heddle, James | via=[[YouTube]] }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Richard Grove's book ''[[Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens, and the Origins of Environmentalism|Green Imperialism: Colonial Expansion, Tropical Island Edens and the Origins of Environmentalism 1600–1860]]'' from 1995 suggested the roots of ecological [[utopian thinking]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Grove |first1=Richard |title=Green imperialism : colonial expansion, tropical island Edens, and the origins of environmentalism, 1600-1860 |url=https://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/history/regional-history-after-1500/green-imperialism-colonial-expansion-tropical-island-edens-and-origins-environmentalism-16001860?format=PB&isbn=9780521565134 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=14 August 2022 |date=1995 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240525073424/https://www.cambridge.org/de/universitypress/subjects/history/regional-history-after-1500/green-imperialism-colonial-expansion-tropical-island-edens-and-origins-environmentalism-16001860?format=PB&isbn=9780521565134 |url-status=live }}</ref> Grove's book sees early environmentalism as a result of the impact of utopian tropical islands on European data-driven scientists.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mollins |first1=Julie |title=Selective memories: The historical roots of environmentalism |url=https://forestsnews.cifor.org/71123/selective-memories-the-historical-roots-of-environmentalism |access-date=16 August 2022 |work=CIFOR Forests News |date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816190432/https://forestsnews.cifor.org/71123/selective-memories-the-historical-roots-of-environmentalism |url-status=live }}</ref> The works on ecological eutopia perceive a widening gap between the modern Western way of living that destroys nature<ref>{{cite book |author=Kirk, Andrew G. |year=2007 |title=Counterculture Green: the Whole Earth Catalog and American environmentalism |publisher=University Press of Kansas |page=86 |isbn=978-0-7006-1545-2}}</ref> and a more traditional way of living before industrialization.<ref>For examples and explanations, see: {{cite book|last=Marshall|first=Alan|title=Ecotopia 2121: A Vision of Our Future Green Utopia|publisher=Arcade Publishers|year=2016|isbn=978-1-62872-614-5|location=New York}} And Schneider-Mayerson, Matthew, and Bellamy, Brent Ryan (2019). ''An Ecotopian Lexicon''. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. {{ISBN|978-151790-589-7}}</ref> Ecological utopias may advocate a society that is more sustainable. According to the Dutch philosopher [[Marius de Geus]], ecological utopias could be inspirational sources for movements involving [[green politics]].<ref>{{cite book |author=de Geus, Marius |year=1996 |title=Ecologische utopieën – Ecotopia's en het milieudebat |publisher=Uitgeverij Jan van Arkel}}</ref>