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Voices of the Peace
The hydroelectric dam “Site C” impacts not only the local environment but also the everyday life of indigenous groups.
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The American Animal Welfare Movement and Pacific Whaling
Lissa Wadewitz juxtaposes the American animal welfare movement with American whaling crews.
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“Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST)”
Full text of Claire Lagier’s dissertation, “Constructing Legitimacy? Agroecology within and beyond the Brazilian Landless Workers’ Movement (MST).”
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Interview with Anna M. Gade, author of Muslim Environmentalisms: Religious and Social Foundations
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Anna M. Gade is interviewed on her new book, Muslim Environmentalisms: Religious and Social Foundations.
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The Beloved Face of the Country: The First Movement for Nature Protection in Italy, 1880–1934
Excerpt from The Beloved Face of the Country: The First Movement for Nature Protection in Italy, 1880–1934.
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Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism
Excerpt from Mark R. Stoll’s Inherit the Holy Mountain: Religion and the Rise of American Environmentalism.
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Ban the Burn: The Trans-Local Campaign against Ocean Incineration, 1983–1988
This article charts the rise and fall of ocean incineration and describes how coastal communities and transnational organizations challenged it.
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Transforming Socio-Natures in Turkey: Landscapes, State and Environmental Movements
This book is an exploration of the environmental makings and contested historical trajectories of environmental change in Turkey.
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“Science, Environment and Empire History: Comparative Perspectives from Forests in Colonial India”
An essay review of books by Arun Agrawal, Peder Anker, David Arnold, Gregory A. Barton, Richard Drayton, and S. Ravi. Rajan.
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Pelicans: Protection, Pests, and Private Property
Emily O’Gorman focuses on the Australian pelicans of South Australia’s Coorong region to examine how historical and contemporary ways of protecting these birds have been entangled with class politics, cross-cultural relationships, and the law.