Noun
deep ecology (uncountable)
An ecological and environmental philosophy that advocates the inherent worth of living beings regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs.
I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us. Annie Gottlieb