Religious Deep Ecology

Deep Ecology is little more than an idea.  For some, it's ideology, or philosophy, but as religion, it's like a coloring or flavoring of an established religion.  But for me, it is religion-- accept no substitutes.  

But what sort of religion might actually work in the state we're in now?  I think it has to be simple, coherent, stable: a clear-cut meme resistant to cooptation.  It has to make simple common sense, not be dependent on beliefs or associations: basic, pure, comprehensible, easily transportable, a contagious option, not dependent on authorities, institutions, sacred objects, scriptures, requiring no expensive gear or tithes, just a few symbolic image-ideas that can be easily called to mind.

Being religion, it has to work-- it has to be essential, crucial, central, orienting, deeply serious and meaningful, helpful, hopeful, practical, universal.  It has to make shift as a reliable guiding 'tradition'- easy enough for each to improvise if it indeed has power for you, if it delivers, keeps you going. Easy, then, for some; for others, some effort required.  But it's religion!  What do you want?  Pre-packaged, from a coin-operated dispenser?  Make your own!