Towards an environment society

Abstract

Today society is forced to reflect on the increasing of environment damage and its impact on welfare. The present development pattern in both, industrialized and dependent countries, is the main focus of this discussion. The article tries to make a contribution to the present debate, by introducing some theoretical and methodological elements, thus enabling to create an environmental perspective for analysing social processes in a local and global scale. The concept of environment is closely linked to the concept and social process of dewelling, which is a basic and complex activity of human beings. Therefore the tittle of his article, that is “towards an environment society”, tries to show the conflictive relationship between this activity and development processes.