In arguing for the urgency of moving from anthropocentrism toward ecocentrism, Aaron S. Allen distinguishes between environmental crises and ecological change; argues against the \u201cbalance of nature\u201d paradigm; differentiates between strong and weak forms of sustainability; and describes the role that expressive culture and the environmental liberal arts can play in driving awareness and activism.\nMcDowell, Borland, Dirksen, and Tuohy, eds., Performing Environmentalisms: Expressive Culture and Ecological Change University of Illinois Press, 2021\nAllen and Dawe, eds., Current Directions in Ecomusicology: Music, Culture, Nature Routledge, 2016\n(Image on main page by Nelson Pavlosky.)\nThe post Toward Ecocentrism appeared first on KPFA.