Ecology, environmentalism, animism, Western and Orthodox Christianity have different views on the relationship between man and nature, on the causes that determined its changes, and on its future This paper aims to present and analyze these views, discuss some of the underlying causes of the continuing environmental deterioration, and propose some possible solutions.

The relationship between the natural and anthropic components of territorial systems or complexes of coupled socio-economic and natural systems is changing in time under the effect of socio-economic and political drivers. One way of looking at it is through the changes of land cover and use, which are connected also to the dynamics of the eco-energies during the anthropization process. The aim of this paper is to perform an analysis of long-term