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"Darwin and Wallace as Environmental Philosophers"
This article compares the thoughts of Darwin and Wallace on human evolution and the relations between humans and the rest of nature.
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"Ecosystem Services and Sacred Natural Sites: Reconciling Material and Non-material Values in Nature Conservation"
This article examines if the material and non-material values of nature can be reconciled and looks at the ecosystem services and the ‘elements of nature’ frameworks.
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"Was Aldo Leopold a Pragmatist? Rescuing Leopold from the Imagination of Bryan Norton"
This article examines whether and how Aldo Leopold was influenced by American Pragmatism, a formal school of philosophy.
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"Remediation and Respect: Do Remediation Technologies Alter Our Responsibility?"
This paper examines the relationship between technologies that aim to remediate pollution and moral responsibility. The authors argue that such technologies do not exculpate polluters of responsibility.
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"Darwin and the Meaning in Life"
This article reaches the conclusion that, contrary to what has often been thought and recently argued, the impact of Darwin’s theory is precisely to liberate us to lead the most meaningful of lives.
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"Visions of Nature in Eastern Europe: A Polish Example"
This article takes a closer look at the Polish culture of nature. Visions of nature are defined as public views on what nature is, what values are carried by nature and what is the appropriate relationship between humans and nature.
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State of the World 2015: Confronting Hidden Threats to Sustainability
The 2015 edition examines what we think we know about environmental damage and the hidden threats to sustainability we need to recognize.
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“Artificial Apple Production in Fraiburgo, Brazil, 1958–1989”
This article, “Artificial Apple Production in Fraiburgo, Brazil, 1958–1989,” by Jó Klanovicz explores connections between the “domestication” of apples in Southern Brazil, the polemic on contaminated apples in 1989, and the reactions of the apple industry to the news published in the press on the use of pesticides in Brazilian orchards.
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"Traditional knowledge in the Defence of the Cultural Landscape of Tlajomulco, Mexico"
The aim of this paper is to encourage conservation and prevent further deterioration around the traditional villages of Tlajomulco, Mexico by making more widely known the rich cultural landscape and the know-how of the inhabitants that has contributed to its conservation.
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"Agriculture, Health, Environment: Interview with Piero Bevilacqua," interview by Idamaria Fusco
The interview with Piero Bevilacqua touches on a broad range of subjects: From the use of pesticides to the “Green Revolution”; from GMOs to biodynamic and biological agriculture, and the respect of biodiversity; from modern farming’s wasteful use of water to Common Agricultural Policy with its nonsustainable exploitation of farmland.