Multimedia | film profile
De Regenmakers [Rainmakers]
This film investigates the crises facing China’s environment from the perspectives of four activists.
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Landscape of Insecurity: The Intricacies of Environmental Changes in Nigeria’s Oil-Rich Niger Delta Region
Once a benefit to humanity but now a scourge, the environment of the Niger Delta has been transformed into a haven for violence, militancy, and criminality.
Multimedia | journal
Hellbender Journal 5, no. 2
Hellbender Journal is a voice for forest activists working towards the protection of the Allegheny Forests in Pennsylvania. In this issue, Rachel Martin takes over as editor. The issue focuses on the Forest Service’s opening of the Allegheny National forest to clearcutting, the effects on local people in Lynch, Pennsylvania, and the response of activists.
Multimedia | journal
Earth First! 27, no. 2
Earth First! 27, no. 2 features articles on nuclear resistance in Germany, Trinidad community’s fight against the Alcoa aluminum smelter, Molokai’i activists’ battle to “save the last Hawaiian island”, and the self-sustaining community Umoja Village Shantytown in Miami.
Perspectives Article
Carson Survives through the Silent Spring
Akrish Adhikari argues that Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring sparked a lasting global environmental movement, continuing to inspire organizations like the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and shape modern ecological advocacy.
Multimedia | book profile
Cleaning Up the Great Lakes: From Cooperation to Confrontation
An account of how water pollution control policy emerged during the seminal decades of environmental activism, with reference to the largest group of freshwater lakes in the world: the Great Lakes.
Multimedia | image
Photograph of Rachel Carson testifying before Congress, 1963
Rachel Carson testifying before the Senate Government Operations subcommitte.
Perspectives Article
Rachel Carson and an Ecological View on Health
Nancy Langston reinterprets Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring to argue that ecological and human health are inseparable, urging renewed responsibility toward chemical safety and environmental stewardship.
Multimedia | journal article
"The Political Economy of Environmental Movements: U.S. Experience and Global Movements"
Michael Everett examines how environmental movements develop and how they deal with economic counterforces and motivate political actors to pass effective environmental regulations.
Multimedia | journal article
"Cows are Better than Condos, or How Economists Help Solve Environmental Problems"
This essay explores three case studies that illustrate the exemplary use of economic analysis in environmental decision-making.