The Promise and Peril of Environmental Justice
A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.
A critique of environmental justice movements in the United States.
Martinez-Alier discusses issues relating to the concept of “sustainable development” as used by the Brundtland Commission.
This article considers the parallels between the community of Lady Selborne, a township near Pretoria, South Africa, and the neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of God) in Rio de Janeiro.
With an emphasis on national parks, this article examines the kinds of environmental edges particular to South Africa and to Africa more generally.
This film follows an Argentinian town which must struggle to decide whether to allow a gold mine that could reduce poverty but also uses toxic mining methods.
This film follows an Indian farmer whose situation becomes a microcosm of the conflict between Monsanto and rural people living in poverty in India.
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
This film explores the social dimensions of the illegal rhino horn trade in South Africa.
This film examines how farmers in Mali are resisting the loss of their land to corporate farming initiatives.