ECO-WARS: Political Campaigns and Social Movements
An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.
An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.
Dale Jamieson discusses animal liberation as an environmental ethic.
This article argues that a purely rights-based approach to greater consideration of animals is not theoretically or practically sound. It suggests a constrained-utility approach, which is both operational and based on negotiated consensus.
John A. Curtis argues that there may be instances where assessing wildlife for monetary valuation might be quite reasonable and useful for public policy, even when there are strong arguments against valuation of wildlife and nature.
In this paper, Elisa Aaltola analyses the new ‘other animal ethics’ by critically examining its basis and consequences.
Christopher J. Preston uses studies of the embodied mind to show that rationality is integrally connected to our animal and animate nature and hence not a significant point of departure between human and non-human animals.
In this article, Joan Hoffmann presents a case study of the New York City Catskill/Delaware watershed.
This paper discusses two central themes of the work of Alan Holland: the relations between the natural and the normative and how our duties regarding animals cohere with our obligations to respect nature.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 1 David Abram rediscovers our animal senses, Stephanie Kaza analyzes assumptions and stereotypes about human-nature relations, Connie Barlow reflects on the epic of evolution, and Christopher Manes reflects on a meaningful relationship with the wild.
In Wild Earth 7, no. 2 Doug Peacock presents his field report on the Yellowstone bison slaughter, Reed Noss writes about endangered major ecosystems of the United States, and Virginia Abernethy analyzes if and how population growth discourages environmentally sound behavior.