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5 unusual facts about Arne Naess


Arne Naess

Arne Næss, Jr. (1937–2004), nephew of the above, businessman, mountaineer, former husband of Diana Ross

Arne Næss (1912–2009), philosopher, mountaineer, and founder of deep ecology

Environmental philosophy

In 1984, George Sessions and Arne Naess articulated the principles of the new Deep Ecology Movement.

HMI Semester

In summation, the course aims to introduce Semester students to the precepts underlying the Institute's goal of being "simple in means, yet rich in ends," as stated by Arne Naess.

Joanna Macy

Her work, originally called "Despair and Empowerment Work" was acknowledged as being part of the deep ecology tradition after she encountered the work of Arne Naess and John Seed, but as a result of disillusion with academic disputes in the field, she now calls it "the Work that Reconnects".


Ramachandra Guha

Between 1985 and 2000, he taught at various universities in India, Europe and North America, including the University of California, Berkeley, Yale University, Stanford University and at Oslo University (Arne Naess chair, 2008), and later at the Indian Institute of Science.


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