Eco-Culture

A sound ecosystem is essential for a prosperous civilization. A poor ecosystem may lead to its decline.

An eco-culture promotes harmonious coexistence of humanity with nature, and coordinates the development of both. It embraces classical ideas from Chinese philosophy such as "unity of nature and man," "observance of the laws of nature," "have ample virtue and carry all things, so that they can multiply ceaselessly," "love of everything and coexistence of all in harmony," "heaven and earth coexist with me; all things and I are one," and "balance and harmony, tolerance for coexistence, equality and interdependence for sustainable development." These are all about the relationship between humanity and nature, and provide a code of conduct and the core values of an eco-civilization. Building an eco-culture lays the foundations for building an eco-civilization.

From "centered on nature" to "centered on humanity," and moving on to the idea of harmonious coexistence of humanity with nature, this relationship has undergone profound changes. Building an eco-civilization and an eco-culture confirms human awareness of a historic transformation of the economic development model. This is a wise choice for China, and for the sustainable development of humanity as well.

In April 2015, the central authorities made a decision on promoting an eco-civilization. For the first time, they raised the ideas of fostering an eco-culture as an essential component of public cultural services, incorporating eco-civilization into the system of socialist core values, and strengthening public awareness of the importance of eco-civilization.

In April 2016, the State Forestry Administration published a program on the development of an eco-culture, setting forth an overall plan and key tasks for 2016-2020.

At the National Conference on Eco-environmental Protection in May 2018, Xi Jinping urged the country to foster a culture promoting eco-values, which he listed as one of the five component systems of an eco-civilization.

An eco-culture boosts the mainstream values of an eco-civilization, encourages diligence, frugality, and green, low-carbon and healthy ways of production, life and consumption, and calls for the public to be eco-conscious. It helps people handle their relationship with nature and address prominent problems in the eco-environment, and provides an internally sustainable force for economic and social transformation. Building an eco-culture is important in the current times, as it fits with the construction of an eco-civilization in the new era.

生態(tài)文化

生態(tài)興則文明興，生態(tài)衰則文明衰。生態(tài)文化以人與自然和諧共生、協(xié)同發(fā)展為主旨，以“天人合一，道法自然”的生態(tài)智慧，“厚德載物，生生不息”的道德意識，“仁愛萬物，協(xié)和萬邦”的道德情懷，“天地與我同一，萬物與我一體”的道德倫理，“平衡相安、包容共生，平等相宜、價值共享，相互依存、永續(xù)相生”的道德準(zhǔn)則，揭示了人與自然關(guān)系的本質(zhì)，樹立了人類的行為規(guī)范，奠定了生態(tài)文明主流價值觀的核心理念。生態(tài)文化是培植生態(tài)文明的根基。

追溯歷史，從“以自然為中心”到“以人類為中心”走向“人與自然和諧共生”，人類與自然的關(guān)系逐步發(fā)生著根本性的轉(zhuǎn)變。生態(tài)文明時代的開啟，生態(tài)文化的崛起，象征著人類生態(tài)文明意識的覺醒和經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展方式的歷史性轉(zhuǎn)型，是中國國情之必然，更是人類可持續(xù)發(fā)展的必由之路。

2015年4月，中共中央、國務(wù)院印發(fā)《關(guān)于加快推進(jìn)生態(tài)文明建設(shè)的意見》，首次提出把培育生態(tài)文化作為重要支撐，將生態(tài)文明納入社會主義核心價值體系，將生態(tài)文化作為現(xiàn)代公共文化服務(wù)體系建設(shè)的重要內(nèi)容，加強(qiáng)生態(tài)文化的宣傳教育，提高全民生態(tài)文明意識。2016年4月，國家林業(yè)局印發(fā)《中國生態(tài)文化發(fā)展綱要（2016—2020年）》，明確了“十三五”時期生態(tài)文化發(fā)展總體思路和重點任務(wù)。2018年5月，習(xí)近平在全國生態(tài)環(huán)境保護(hù)大會上提出加快建立健全以生態(tài)價值觀念為準(zhǔn)則的生態(tài)文化體系，并將其納入生態(tài)文明建設(shè)“五個體系”。

生態(tài)文化傳遞了生態(tài)文明主流價值觀，倡導(dǎo)勤儉節(jié)約、綠色低碳、文明健康的生產(chǎn)生活方式和消費模式，喚起民眾向上向善的生態(tài)文化自信與自覺，為正確處理人與自然關(guān)系，解決生態(tài)環(huán)境領(lǐng)域突出問題，推進(jìn)經(jīng)濟(jì)社會轉(zhuǎn)型發(fā)展提供內(nèi)生動力，契合走向新時代生態(tài)文明建設(shè)的前進(jìn)方向，具有重要的時代價值。