A Study On David Pepper's Eco-Socialism

From the begining of 19th century,ecological crisis outbroked liked dominoes first from European capitalism industrialized countries,brought destruction of environments,shortage of resources and extinction of species.How to balance the relationship between live and development,economic development and environmental protection are two tough problems to solve.David Pepper,an UK outstanding representative of the theory in ecological socialism,summarized the theories of environmentalism populared for half an century under two backgrounds which were ecological cr-isis hindering economic development and the sprung up of Ecological Marxism,held the view of historical materialism to criticize the imperfection of ecocentrism and undeep of deep ecology.David Pepper believes he is a follower of Marxism,he believes anthropocentrism,the means of production should owned by all citizens,development and distribution of resources on the basis of need,materialism is good for social transformation and development and economic organization can effect people's consciousness and behaviours.His theory was built on Marxism,and the inspiration to solve the ecological crisis in capitalist society was also came from Marxism.He holy believed the capitalist system and capitalist mode of production were the Pandora's boxes to release crisis,disaster and unhappiness.The only solution to the problem was changing the society into socialism even ecological socialism.The theory of David Pepper's Eco-socialism is a theory dig in historical materialism,is a theory uncover the root of ecological crisis,is a theory disclose the dissimilation of the relationship between human and nature,the dissmilation of science and technology,the dissmilation of consumption,is a theory to overcome the ecological crisis.The theory of David Pepper's Eco-socialism hold the views of grass-roots democracy,public ownership,labor-based distribution,fairness and justice,dialectically united relationship between man and nature have its significant contribution not only for England,but also for the whole world.We,d better keep the reen development concept,always put people first selection valuation and always keep socialist system after learn from David Pepper's ecological socialism.