Exaggerated concern for the natural environment and a kind of environmentalism are manifestations of the counterculture ideology of the 1960s and 1980s. They use a naturalistic vision, which questions the whole of modern society. Can such an attitude be compared with ecology? – one of the hottest topics of the last century, though it was taken from a sectarian ideology? After all, the word "sect" usually evokes a rejection reaction in the interlocutor. Everyone considers themselves in favor of ecology today, not recognizing himself as members of any sect. Meanwhile, these trends have common points today, both in the ways of functioning, as well as in the doctrinal basis.
In The Three Ecologies, Felix Guattari describes three disciplines: ecology relating to the natural environment, political ecology and moral ecology (or ecosophy). Including, which is related to ecology, along with natural and economic limitations, moral ecology and proper care for the natural environment should protect it from perversions of people, who harm or destroy it. Even if concern for the environment is only a superficial and limited vision of ecology, it is based on a classical belief, that human happiness "is not about hoarding goods, but on aesthetic experiences and spiritual enrichment, what direct contact with nature brings ". The danger is there, that the concept of intangible wealth, which from this belief follows, it implies a break with the social and economic order. Such "spirituality", widely praised and popularized, it offers no solutions to worldly problems. If you exclude the "Pascal bet", This is because, who wants to be fully committed to an idea, In practice, breaking with the current order means entering some microstructure, which can become the seed of a sectarian organization, as long as someone persuades others to adopt their ideas and decisions.