Identifying the need to develop eco-sensitive language that is not mutually exclusive to self-care

Abstract

Language has currency and each word connotes something that is underlying or implied. This article explores the eco-sensitivity in the usage of language in social media platforms and also platforms promoting self-help. It explores how eco-sensitivity may be directly or indirectly bearing on ecocriticism. Words that promote hedonism may be rephrased to create a narrative of eco-sensitivity in literature. The chapter does not undermine self-love or self-care but seeks to foster an environment where self-love is not divorced from the concern for the environment. It aims to find a relationship between eco-sensitive language as complementary to self-care. The chapter is a quest for the golden mean which balances eco-sensitivity and self-love. It seeks the point when these two are not in a state of friction but a point of beginning a discussion on a common platform. The space thus created may offer or unfold some environmental concerns that remain obscured with the concern for the well-being of an individual.