Ecotopia is an ideal ecological state of things where all living beings co-exist in balance with the natural world. However, this is not achievable if the human world continues to exploit the nonhuman for their own gain. The ecological crisis that the Earth is facing right now is a result of the industrial revolution and capitalism, which drives to pursue a radical cleavage between the human and the nonhuman (Globus). This cleavage puts humans at the centre of the biosphere, where they dominate and pillage other beings. This made me think of Claire’s concept of Capitaloscene, as it attacks the processes of capital accumulation. I think that Claire’s idea of putting humans into nature is anthropocentric in a certain way. The Capitalocene, though it attacks and criticizes the processes of capitalism, also puts humans as the central geological force that drives the ecological system. The choices between Anthropocene or Capitalocene, anthropocentrism or biocentrism are somewhat facile. The path of Ecotopianism seeks to address these choices by asking humans to move beyond the binary of domination and submission. Bookchin’s idea of ecological sensitivity pushes humans to remove themselves from ideologies of hierarchy, submission, and domination, as humans must respect the interrelations and interdependence of all beings (Best). 

The concept of ecohumanism also links well with Ecotopianism. In fact, ecohumanist thinking pushes the idea of co-existence and emotional solace, further promoting an ecological pathway towards Ecotopia. Ecohumanism places humans as an intrinsic factor of the ecological system, as it promotes an idea for better ecological management. The human world must first re-evaluate and fix up the flaws, inequality, and imbalance in the social hierarchy. Only when human are able to solve the injustice among humans can they focus on solving the environmental crisis (Globus)

Ecotopianism asks humans to think about the imbalance in the ecological system and what they can do to reverse the damage that had been put on the Earth by firstly fixing up their own social injustice. The path to reaching ecotopia is not about domination or submission. Ecotopianism calls for a symbiotic and cooperative approach, as it recognizes the symbiotic interrelationships that are displayed among all living and non-living beings. 

References:

Best, Steven. “MURRAY BOOKCHIN'S THEORY OF SOCIAL ECOLOGY: An Appraisal of ‘The Ecology of Freedom.’” Organization & Environment, vol. 11, no. 3, 1998, pp. 334–353. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26161633. Accessed 1 May 2021.

Cohen, William J.. Ecohumanism and the Ecological Culture : The Educational Legacy of Lewis Mumford and Ian Mcharg, Temple University Press, 2019. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/unsw/detail.action?docID=5755590.