Contains over fifty articles by leading writers in the field, including Naess, Muir, Snyder, Ehrlich, Foreman. The topics covered are: what is deep ecology?; historical roots of deepe ecology; Arne Naess on deep ecology and ecosophy; deepe ecology and ecofeminisn, social ecology, the greens and the new age; wilderness, the wild and conservation biology; toward the twent-first century and beyond: social and political implications.