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Global environmental ethics have a huge impact on social implications among today's current world populations. Current ecological problems arise from an ethical understanding of human connections with the environment in which we live. Human activity is currently believed to be a major contributor to the current problem of environmental change (e.g. global warming, environmental and habitat destruction) and we seek effective antidotes to such problems within green technology, recycling and land use options. Many past cultures based their entire cultural lifestyle and thought process (including religious ecological implications) on partial living interactions with the Earth and its inhabitants. Societies that in some cases live in harmony with nature. Many modern societies and cultures do not have a multicultural approach to ecological ethics. Most have a human-centered system of ethical values, known as the "anthropocentric" approach. This reflects our current human-centered belief system that much of society is currently experiencing. This line of thinking can be and usually is harmful to our way of life. Our current ecological state of mind perhaps goes so far as to be the root cause of imminent human-centered environmental and/or climate collapse; with catastrophic results not only for humans, but for the entire biological system of the planet. Many agree that the world's environmental problems are associated with the human relationship with (or lack of) our ecology. Our ethical mindset, if you will. As in every situation there are two sides, those who say that our global climate and environments have been different in the past (which is scientifically proven) and that they will always change due to nature... middle of the paper... and not separated at birth. If humanity could restore the promise and adapt to the ways of others, becoming a global community of one. Demonstrate that we are no longer self-centered in our ways, but have become adaptable, changeable, environmentally friendly and healthy. Only then will we be worthy of the name "human". Works Cited Callicott, J B. Earth's Insights: A Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994.Hargrove, Eugene C. Foundations of Environmental Ethics. Philosophical attitudes. Denton Texas. 1989. Print.Hull, R. Bruce. Infinite nature. Chicago: Chicago Press, 2006.Jenkins, Willis. "After Lynn White: Religious Ethics and Environmental Issues." Journal of religious ethics. 2009. Print.White, L.J. The Historical Roots of Our Ecological Crisis (1967, March 10). Science. Press.