简介:Theconceptofeco-civilizationinChinanowisahotissue.Ithasdrawnsufficientattentionfromallwalksoflife,bothinindustryandacademia.NotonlyChinesedomesticresearcherfocusonthisarea,butalsomanyWesterncontributorsshedlightonthisconcept.Forexample,ArranE.Gare(1995),whoseworkaimstosearchfortherootsoftheglobalecologicalcrisis,andtheculturalconditionstoovercomeit,andherevealsthatenvironmentalawarenesshasundoubtedlygrownoverthelasttwodecades.ThepurposeofthisresearchistoexplorethecoretenetsandcriteriaofCommunity-basedEcotourism(CBET),environmental/eco-awarenessandexamineitscontributiontoChineseeco-civilization,tovoiceChinese’scontributiontotheWesternworldasecologicalcivilizationrepresentsthemostadvancedandsustainablemodeofcivilizationinhumanhistory,andhowtouseecologicalcivilizationphilosophytoguidethedevelopofCBETinChina,andinreturn,howtointegrateconceptsofCBET,environmental/eco-awarenesswiththeprocessofChineseeco-civilizationnowadays.