Home-love and Conservation

A review of philosopher Roger Scruton's Green Philosophy / How to Think Seriously About the Planet, centred on Scruton's concept of "oikophilia" — love of home, the emotional attachment to one's local environment, community, and traditions. Scruton argues that oikophilia, not top-down internationalism or large-scale regulation, is the primary motivation for genuine environmental stewardship; he traces its history in Britain and the ways government subsidies, agribusiness, and centralisation have eroded it. The reviewer concedes climate change will need international cooperation but endorses Scruton's central insight. Note: byline not visible in the page metadata I could retrieve.