The "eight-point Deep Ecology Platform" definitely states some good points, but there are a group of people who really care about the environment, who will easily agree and/or adhere to this, and then a group of people who is not worried about the planet, and I don't think these words will even phase them. So, as much as I like the idea of this, I don't see it making any sort of significant change.
Ecosystems are both strong and fragile because it's many small pieces that work together to make up the bigger system. This means that if you take one thing away, everything will change in that ecosystem (making it a fragile system), but it will usually survive and adapt to the new, probably harsher environment (making it strong).
The end goals of social ecology are a beautiful set of ideas fostering sustainability, but I'm not sure how we could impliment these, for they are lofty. Not too lofty for me, because well-being, health, equity and social justice are things that I want to have and for myself and my community, but too lofty in the sense that there isn't a route mapped out for us in how to do this. I like the idea of thinking about a big picture but acting in small, meaningful ways. I think this is one of the only ways we really can make a change.
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