, ONTOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE // BSU bulletin. Philosophy. - 2020. №1. . - С. 13-22.

ONTOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CULTURE

DOI: 10.18101/1994-0866-2020-1-13-22 UDK: 130.2

The article analyzes the features of environmental culture that distinguish it from the types of traditional culture. Traditional approaches to environmental culture are based on the principles of anthropocentrism. They are reflected in the methods of ecological edu- cation. Anthropocentrism considers environmental culture as a means of reducing dam- age to nature. In particular, such an approach to environmental culture is presented in educational science, but its disadvantage is that it regards ecological culture by analogy with other types of culture (material, spiritual). The article proposes an ontological ap- proach to environmental culture, which is based on the principles of environmental hu- manism and sustainable development. Environmental culture is meant to resolve the contradictions between the human environment and natural objects. Rational manage- ment of scientific and technological progress and innovative development is a means for resolving these contradictions.

ontology; contradictions; environmental culture; system; ecological values; religious values.