What’s Holding Us Back From Getting Earth Steward Development Up to Scale? How Paradigm Shifts Can Help

Paradigm shifts are needed to get supports for earth steward development up to scale. Here, four paradigm shifts are featured, namely, a shift to a developmental systems way of defining and explaining earth steward development; a shift to a nature-as-solution way of addressing the climate crisis; a shift to a multiple media literacy paradigm that includes the arts in support of earth steward development; and a shift to a faith-tradition way of understanding religion’s potential for supporting earth steward development.

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Ecopsychology
Published
2025-12-24
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1177/19429347251405883
Primary Topic
Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
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What’s Holding Us Back From Getting Earth Steward Development Up to Scale? How Paradigm Shifts Can Help

W. George Scarlett
Ecopsychology
Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
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What’s Holding Us Back From Getting Earth Steward Development Up to Scale? How Paradigm Shifts Can Help

W. George Scarlett
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Abstract

Paradigm shifts are needed to get supports for earth steward development up to scale. Here, four paradigm shifts are featured, namely, a shift to a developmental systems way of defining and explaining earth steward development; a shift to a nature-as-solution way of addressing the climate crisis; a shift to a multiple media literacy paradigm that includes the arts in support of earth steward development; and a shift to a faith-tradition way of understanding religion’s potential for supporting earth steward development.

Ecopsychology
Tufts University (US), Pearson (United States) (US)
Quality Education
Openalex Percentile: Top 24%
Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
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