Ecotopia Revisited Survey

Note: The below survey is now closed. Contact Jim Proctor if questions.

Do you believe nature is inherently sacred, or is your relationship with nature rooted in more traditional religious belief? To what extent do you resonate with concepts of a green utopia—an “ecotopia” if you will? At the same time, how much do you worry about catastrophic global warming and other forms of environmental collapse, or “dystopia”? And how does all this relate to your spirituality: are you more into open-ended spiritual “seeking” or a tradition-honoring “dwelling”?

With our Ecotopia Revisited project, the Environmental Studies Program at Lewis & Clark revisits themes from the classic 1970s novel Ecotopia by surveying Americans’ views of nature, religion/spirituality, and utopian and dystopian visions of the future.

Related Materials

Ecotopia Revisited Project Blog

Newsroom: Researchers Explore Oregonians’ Connection to Nature and Concepts of Utopia

Environmental Law at Lewis & Clark

Ecopsychology at Lewis & Clark

USA Today column: ‘The End’ as a Weapon