Ekologia polityczna

Abstract

The history of efforts undertaken to gain the support of constitutional law for the conservation of nature reveals two different ways of solving the problem. Introducing an environment protection law, the need for which was stressed in political debates by various ecological groups and parties, is one of them. An effort to define aims and tasks of the state is the other. The effort should lead towards inscribing environment protection – as the responsibility of the state – in constitution, which would free this issue from changing political pressure. The weakness and unpopularity of ecological organizations and movements is the source of difficulties in forming a political lobby, hence their activity focuses more on ecological education and creating “lower ranks” pressure groups, i.e. on local and administrative level. It is only in the countries which have strong ecological tradition that the pressure of "green parties" is significant and counts in political debates. Pro-ecological movement is the power of political pressure; it should therefore preserve its unity while simultaneously retaining its spontaneous character and lively activity independent of political life. Ecosophers propose this duality, partitioning and anarchization of the movement considering them to be mutually complementing aspects of pro-ecological activity. The most urgent problem of ecological movement, both Polish and international, is the consolidation of efforts. Divisions and dissipating of efforts are ineffective and bring about chaos on political arena. International agreements, cooperation and supranational coalitions assist the purposes of movement integration. The chances are that the readiness of various organizations to cooperate, the withdrawal from duplicity and the unity of the ecological movement will determine its future.