马克思生态哲学思想的生成与发展，可以用三个概念加以把握：“对象化劳动”概念为基础的人道主义生态哲学的萌芽、“实践”概念为基础的历史唯物主义生态哲学的形成、“物质变换”概念为基础的经济学批判的生态哲学的成熟。这三种形态的生态哲学，对应着三种形态的人与自然关系：人与自然的对象性关系、人与自然的社会历史关系、人与自然的物质变换关系。将马克思的生态哲学思想划分为一个转变和三个阶段，厘清其生态哲学思想的逻辑发展脉络，能够挖掘出隐藏在历史唯物主义中的丰富生态意蕴，既能探明我国生态文明建设的理论源头，又能彰显马克思主义生态观的时代意义。
The formation and development of Marx’s ecological philosophy can be grasped by three concepts：the germination of humanitarianism ecological philosophy based on the concept of “objectified labor”，the formation of historical materialism ecological philosophy based on the concept of “practice”，and the maturity of ecological philosophy of economic criticism based on the concept of “material transformation”. These three forms of ecological philosophy correspond to three forms of the relationship between human and nature：the objective relationship between man and nature，the social and historical relationship between man and nature，and the material transformation relationship between man and nature. By dividing Marx’s ecological philosophy into one transformation and three stages and clarifying the logical development of his ecological philosophy，can excavate the rich ecological implication which is hidden in historical materialism，can clarify the theoretical source of ecological civilization construction in China，can show the era significance of Marxist ecological concept.
