Evo Morales
Under the ‘New Whole Human’ in the Ecological Rift, Morales is introduced as a Bolivian Socialist and conventional head of state of Bolivia. He plays a critical role in preserving the environment and ensures that water is provided for free to benefit the entire ecological system. He is against the capitalist economists who are privatizing the provision of water to benefit themselves from this free resource.
Peter M. Vitousek
In the ‘Dehistoricization of Nature’, Peter is introduced as an ecologist. He points out that the structure and functions of the globe (earth) are altered by man because people are forcing qualitative and historical changes on earth. He proposes that social science should address human interference in the environment because the impact will be devastating to the ecological life.
Fred Block
Block is a social observer who observes that social relations are assumed to remain relentless over time. He argues that fundamental social relations have remained unanalyzed despite their vital contribution in social life.
J.D. Bernal
Bernal was a leading British scientist and Marxist social criticizer in the mid-20th century. He pointed out the shortcomings of social science in a classical society. In the year 1954, he wrote a book titled ‘Science in History’ which largely highlighted the weakness of the social science and its failure to solve environmental issues brought by capitalist economy.
Arthur Mol
Arthur is an environmental sociologist who proposed the method that could be used in humanizing transcontinental capitalism. His proposal also reminded NAFTA and the European that they have the power of reducing ecological side effects of universal capitalism.
Ulrich Beck
Beck is European social scientist who introduced the ‘risk society concept’. He addressed the global consensus on the protection of environment. He talked about the green capitalism and the creation of greener markets that do not endanger the ecological life.
Thomas Friedman
Thomas is one of the mainstream environmental technocrats who are of the opinion that a green industrial revolution based on technological innovation and efficiency can play a significant role in producing a greener society that takes care of the environment. According to Thomas, the global economic growth can be enhanced by the green markets.
James Hansen
A leading U.S. climatologist who worked alongside Johan at the Stockholm Resilience Centre to determine the impact of the ecological rift on the environment.
Johan Rockstrom
The lead scientist who led a project called ‘planetary boundaries’ to analyze the effects of the ecological rift on the climate change.
