The Call of the Mountain ~ Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement (full version)

The Call of the Mountain: Arne Naess and the Deep Ecology Movement : Director: Jan van Boeckel | Producer: Karin van der Molen/Pat van Boeckel Genre: Documentary | Produced In: 1997 | Story Teller’s Country: Netherlands Tags: Ecology, Environment, Global, Spiritual Awareness ~ Transcript of the film The full transcript of the interview with philosopher Arne Naess, that was made for the documentary film The Call of the Mountain is available here: Interview: Jan van Boeckel © ReRun Producties, 1997 Blokzijlerdijk 4, 8373 EK Blankenham, The Netherlands E-mail: welcome(at) ~ Synopsis: On 1500 metres above sea level, on the slope of the mountain Hallingskarvet, stands “Tvergastein’, the cabin of Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess. In his life he has spent nearly 12 years in this hut, where he wrote several books and essays on philosophy and ecology. In this film, Naess tells about the concept of ’deep ecology’, which was first introduced by him in 1973. One of the basic tenets of deep ecology is that nature has a value in itself, apart from its possible use value to humans. Next to being a famous mountaineer, Naess has been a longtime activist in the environmental movement. He gives an inspiring account of his participation in blockades to prevent the Alta river in northern Norway (the area of the Sami, an indigenous people) from being dammed. With contributions by Helena Norberg-Hodge, Vandana Shiva, Bill Devall, George Sessions and Harold Glasser. Request DVD: You may purchase the DVD of this film directly from this StoryTeller/Producer. Please visit: Or contribute: ~ Arne Næss (27 January 1912 – 12 January 2009) was a Norwegian philosopher who coined the term deep ecology and was an important intellectual and inspirational figure within the environmental movement of the late twentieth century. In 1939, Næss was the youngest person to be appointed full professor at the University of Oslo and the only professor of philosophy in the country at the time. He was a noted mountaineer, who in 1950 led the expedition that made the first ascent of Tirich Mir(7,708 m). The Tvergastein hut in the Hallingskarvet massif played an important role in Ecosophy T, as “T“ is said to represent his mountain hut Tvergastein. More: Arne Næss (Google ): ~ This video is a copy from “rerunproducties“, DailyMotion: ~