ABSTRACT
Ecopsychology incorporates important contributions from every psychological system, with each system having the properties of an organism, to create an ecology, a symbiotic relationship, between the systems as they address environmental problems. The concept of the organism begins in humans at the intrapsychic level with an 'ecology of the psyche'. The psychological concepts by Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung's holistic and syncretic system offer an ecological perspective for exploring the relationship between psyche and the environment. Jung's concept of consciousness in relation to the layers of the collective unconscious is useful for analyzing the many dimensions of our dysfunctional relationship to the environment. The primeval ancestors of all cultures had a sense of the sacred in nature that informed their morality and guided their lives in relation to each other and to the environment. The ecopsychological concepts provide the guidelines for developing an educational system based on a new paradigm.
