Zhang, Xin. "On Marx's Scientific Promulgation to Human-Nature Relations and Its Significance." Marxism and Ecological Civilization Conference, Claremont, CA. October 2007. 

Abstract

From the perspective of historical development of human civilization, the determining factor of the human civilization development is not from the nature, nor merely from human's spiritual activity, but from human's social practice, especially production practice development. It is the social practice that is impelling the change of human-nature relations and realizing the humanization of nature. The positive environment achievements from human's civilization of nature have laid the realistic foundation for the formation and development of ecological civilization. Therefore, the dialectical research of Marx based on practice to human-nature relations has provided important enlightenment for us to know the nature of ecological civilization and the establishment of basic concept of ecological civilization.