"Rethinking the Relations of Nature, Culture and Agency"
Patrick Murphy argues for a new conception of human agency based on culturopoeia and an application of an ecofeminist dialogic method for analysing human-nature relationships.
Patrick Murphy argues for a new conception of human agency based on culturopoeia and an application of an ecofeminist dialogic method for analysing human-nature relationships.
This book offers a history of the conservation movement’s origins and provides a context for understanding contemporary enviromental problems and possible solutions.
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Wild Earth 4, no. 3 features Canadian forests at risk, an activist’s guide to Central Appalachian forests, citizen involvement in mining issues, a proposal for a Thoreau Regional Wilderness in northern Maine.
Wild Earth 6, no. 4 features essays opposing wilderness deconstruction. Gary Snyder writes on nature as a social construction, Dave Foreman contributes a piece on the conservation opposition’s underlying views, and Don Waller discusses the evolution of wilderness concepts.
James P. Sterba offers clarifications to Brian Steverson’s objections to his original reconciliationist argument and notion of intrinsic value.
Christopher Williams discusses the personal, social and cash costs of environmental victimization, using psycho-social literature and brief case studies of intellectual disability, road transport, and cross-border pollution.
Annie L. Booth discusses environmental spirituality.
Jost Halfmann illustrates the differences between images of risk by comparing the American and German anti-nuclear movements.
Michael Lockwood synthesizes insights from philosophy, psychology, and economics towards an understanding of how humans value nature.