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The concept of “stable state” is explained by an Ecotopian in the novel as follows: But, we’ve actually achieved something like stability. Our system meanders on its peaceful way, while yours has constant convulsions. I think of ours as like a meadow in the sun. There’s a lot of change going on—plants growing, other plants […]

The novel tells the story of William Weston, a journalist from New York, a large city in the industrial United States, who visits Ecotopia, an ecologically sustainable and independent country that seceded from the United States 20 years earlier. But the more he investigates the country the more he learns the meaning of “stable state.” […]

1.3.1 Meanings of the Word ECOTOPIA The word Ecotopia was not originated by Callenbach. He heard the word “ecotopia” on the radio while he was writing the novel (Callenbach interviewed 2003). Callenbach indicates in the preface of the book that “ecotopia” is rooted in the Greek components “eco” and “topo,” giving it the meaning of […]

In Ecotopia; a Proposal for a Recycle-Oriented Society, Masaaki Naito traces back the cause of greenhouse effects from the beginning of the civilization to the recent industrialization and describes how human beings have behaved toward natural environments. Then, he proposes the necessity of change from a heavy industrial society to an agriculture-based recycle-oriented society (Naito […]

According to Callenbach, Ecotopia has been criticized for the setting of the novel, a narrow strip of coastal region of the Pacific Northwest in North America. The critics point out that the emergence of this ecologically oriented country was facilitated by the region’s situation in one of the best parts of the United States: land […]

3.2.1 Is ECOTOPIA an Ecological Utopia or a Dystopia? Many readers have the impression that Ecotopia is a story of ecological utopia. For instance, the Amazon Readers Evaluation: ECOTOPIA introduces 49 readers’ book reviews of Ecotopia (Amazon Book Review) (Table 3.1). The readers’ evaluation is divided into two group: readers who assess the book with […]

This study focuses on an urban community and on individual lifestyles drawn from Ernest Callenbach’s concepts in his novel Ecotopia regarding what defines a sustainable society (Capra 1995; Callenbach 1995) and how the quality of urban ecology can be improved (Callenbach 2004). Many of his holistic ideas introduced in 1974 about sustainable policies, technologies, social […]

Masami Kato Abstract More than ever before, after the nuclear power plant disaster caused by the Great Tohoku Earthquake on March 11,2011, people living in urban regions are beginning to consider a more eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle. To present a practical vision that citizens can translate into action, this study examines North American writer Ernest […]

The results obtained through our investigation and analysis are summarized as follows. • The results of multiple regression analysis, using the mean daily maximum temperatures in August as dependent variables and the size of woodland area and amount of anthropogenic heat emissions as explanatory variables, showed that an increase in trees contributes to a reduction […]

Next, we investigated the cooling potential of a 22,500 m2 area of trees in terms of its effect in reducing the greenhouse gas CO2. In the 2006 Forest Sink Measures to Prevent Global Warming (Forestry Agency of the Japan Ministry of the Environ­ment), 50-year-old cedars are given as a guideline for assessing the amount of […]