The virtue of Ecophronesis: An ecological adaptation of practical wisdom

Toward an ecological aesthetic

“…What we lack is the wisdom, the ecological practical wisdom or ecophronesis as Wei-Ning Xiang calls it (2016, p. 55), to use that information and knowledge to shape communities that are safer, healthier, more productive, and beautiful. "Eco" comes from the Greek oikos, house or household, and phrónēsis is the virtue of practical wisdom (Austin 2018). As members of Homo sapiens and to live up to our sapient quality, we should strive to become a truly wise species.…”

Unearthing time-honored examples of nature-based solutions

“…With these characteristics, the time-honored NBS examples constitute a unique fountainhead of inspiration and ecophronesis [i.e., ecological practical wisdom; see Austin (2018); Xiang (2016)] and a valuable source of instructive lessons that complement the examples the EC funded demonstration projects aim to create. /1959] documents the successful operation of the Dujiangyan irrigation system a century after its construction, and praises the many benefits delivered to people in the region (Peng 2008, pp.…”

Why did history vote many times in his favor? Four reasons for McHarg’s achievements in socio-ecological practice research

“…A good theory also has practical usefulness, in that it "provides ways of seeing how and why practices do or do not work in particular ways; it offers a critical distance that helps surface unexamined assumptions and places activities in perspective; it provides a basis for an evaluative framework…" (Innes and Booher 2018, p. 17)" (Xiang 2019b, p. 7). 25 The adjective ecophronetic is from ecophronesis (ecological practical wisdom), a term coined and defined by Xiang (2016) and further expanded by Austin (2018); for ecophronesis' genesis within the context of ecological wisdom conception, see Xiang (2019e); for the relevance of ecophronesis to socio-ecological practice and practice research, see Gross et al (2019), Jim (2019), Steiner (2019), and Wang (2019). 26 "We must learn to green the earth, to restore the earth, and to heal the earth.…”