Arava, Eretz Bereshit, Midbar, and Shmurat Teva—Modern Hebrew

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by MSc student Livnat Goldberg, highlights different words that are used in modern Hebrew to describe “wilderness.”

Wilderness Babel: What Does Wilderness Mean in Your Language?

What does wilderness mean in your language? Listen to words for “wilderness” and learn about their political and historical meanings in different regional contexts. “Wilderness Babel” is a collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich, edited by Marcus Hall and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg. Its international contributions are still growing.

This version 2, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition (view PDF here) and applies the Environment & Society Portal’s responsive layout.

Marcus Hall and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, eds.

About the author

Goldberg, Livnat

University of Zurich (UZH), Switzerland

Livnat Goldberg is a MSc student in Environmental Sciences at the University of Zurich.

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Midbar, Arabah and Eremos—Biblical Wilderness

This chapter of the “Wilderness Babel” exhibition, written by philosopher Holmes Rolston, deals with the Greek and Hebrew words in the Bible translated as “wilderness.”

Wilderness Babel: What Does Wilderness Mean in Your Language?

What does wilderness mean in your language? Listen to words for “wilderness” and learn about their political and historical meanings in different regional contexts. “Wilderness Babel” is a collaboration with the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at the University of Zurich, edited by Marcus Hall and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg. Its international contributions are still growing.

This version 2, published in 2020, includes minor updates to the original 2013 virtual exhibition (view PDF here) and applies the Environment & Society Portal’s responsive layout.

Marcus Hall and Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, eds.

About the author

Rolston, Holmes

Colorado State University, USA

Holmes Rolston is University Distinguished Professor at the Department of Philosophy at Colorado State University.

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Managing the Unknown: Essays on Environmental Ignorance

Managing the Unknown offers essays that show that deficient knowledge is a far more pervasive challenge in resource history than conventional readings suggest. Furthermore, environmental ignorance does not inevitably shrink with the march of scientific progress. This volume combines insights from different continents as well as the seas in between and thus sketches outlines of an emerging global resource history.

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Earth First! Journal 23, no. 3

In Earth First! Journal 23, no. 3 Tim Ream reflects on human induced weather changes, Jade gives an update on the struggle against Chevron Texaco in Ecuador, and Samantha and Ryan Simmons analyze the environmental consequences of militarism.