Silvilization

'''Silvilization''' is a conceptual framework or a vision of the world whereby the forest, a metaphor for primordial living, is the best place for human development and fulfilment.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Vachon |first=Robert |date=1997 |title=Ecosophy and Silvilization |url=http://iimarchives.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/25/files/2017/06/inter132a-ecosophy-and-silvilization.pdf |journal=Interculture |volume=40 |issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Desrochers |first=Julien |date=2019 |title=« Cette grâce entière, insaisissable et mystérieuse » : formes et enjeux de l'éco-épiphanie dans trois romans québécois contemporains |url=https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/etudlitt/2019-v48-n3-etudlitt04741/1061859ar/ |journal=Études littéraires |language=fr |volume=48 |issue=3 |pages=51–65 |doi=10.7202/1061859ar |s2cid=199269801 |issn=0014-214X|doi-access=free }}</ref> It is a portmanteau of the Latin word ''silva'', meaning forest, and ''civilization''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Vachon |first=Robert |date=1997 |title=Ecosophy and Silvilization |url=http://iimarchives.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/25/files/2017/06/inter132a-ecosophy-and-silvilization.pdf |journal=Interculture |volume=40 |issue=1}}</ref>

== History == The term was first coined by Pierre-Doris Maltais, leader of the Iriadamant eco-cult.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hamelin |first=Louis |date=2017-03-25 |title=Éloge de la sylvilisation |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/494737/eloge-de-la-sylvilisation |access-date=2022-12-04 |website=Le Devoir |language=fr}}</ref> Erkki Pulliainen, an MP of the Green League, in collaboration with Maltais and the University of Helsinki, implemented the interdisciplinary ESSOC project (“Ecological Sylvilisation and Survival with the Aid of Original Cultures”) in 1991. The project was considered a failure.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Kaila |first=Katariina |date=5 October 2018 |title=On the Trail of the Iriadamants |url=https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2018/10/05/on-the-trail-of-the-iriadamants |access-date=2022-12-01 |website=yle.fi |language=en}}</ref>

In 1997, a publication in the journal ''Interculture'' by the Intercultural Institute of Montreal was devoted entirely to the theme of silvilization and ecosophy. The articles were written by authors such as Edward Goldsmith, Gary Snyder, and Gita Mehta.<ref name=":0" />

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