ABSTRACT
In large part because of the ecophobic mind-set that has been such a staple in the history of our species, we are leagues away from solving our environmental problems. The multiscalar effects of climate change are simply staggering, especially in relation to nonhuman species. Perhaps the naming of the term Anthropocene was meant to indict humanity's ecophobia as the sole cause of this dangerous condition, but in the very moment of its articulation, such naming reiterates a troubling kind of anthropocentric positioning. The problem of how ecophobia contributes to scale, it seems to me, is the crucial question we face. Ecophobia like other spectrum conditions such as sexism, racism, and speciesism far predates the emergence of capitalism. Recognizing the significance of scale is of critical importance in addressing ecophobia, since our collective human fears, avarice, and apathy towards Earth's ecology have irrevocably damaged the planet.
