1. How do Devall and Sessions describe mainstream environmentalism?

2. How do the authors describe the alternative presented by deep ecology?

3. What do they mean by the term ecological consciousness?

4. How is this exemplified in Taoism, according to the authors?

5. What was the origin of the term deep ecology, and what is each word in the term supposed to signify?

6. How do the authors contrast the view of deep ecology with what they describe as the dominant worldview?

7. Describe the two ultimate norms or intuitions that they believe characterize deep ecology.

8. Explain briefly each of the eight basic principles of the platform of the deep ecology movement.