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Journey to the Safest Place on Earth
This film examines the limitations and contradictions of finding safe places for nuclear waste storage.
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Lions, Lords, and Automobiles: Animal Entertainment and Travel Technologies in the Late Twentieth Century
Automobiles fundamentally shifted the ways in which visitors to animal attractions experienced the creatures on display before their eyes.
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Katiyabaaz [Powerless]
Powerless is a film about India’s energy poverty and the people’s desperate measures to create functioning infrastructure. Electricity “thieves” divert power to homes and small businesses and come head-to-head with electricity supply companies.
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Cycling and Recycling. Histories of Sustainable Practices
In case studies ranging from the Early Modern secondhand trade to utopian visions of human-powered vehicles, the contributions gathered here explore the historical fortunes of bicycling and waste recycling—tracing their development over time and providing valuable context for the policy successes and failures of today.
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The Geologic Challenge of the Anthropocene
Ziolkowski tackles the problem of defining the Anthropocene from a geologic perspective, and explores how the Earth will record evidence of our existence.
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"Reflexive Water Management in Arid Regions: The Case of Iran"
This article sketches the contours of the emerging paradigm: a complementary system of traditional and modern methods of water provision, a participatory water resources management and a ‘post-mechanistic’ ethico-religious framework.
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"A Critical Assessment of Public Consultations on GMOs in the European Union"
The paper highlights shortcomings in GMO public consultation practices in the European Union and in one of its member countries, Finland. Specifically, they do not serve democracy, increase consensus, enable better decisions to be made, or establish trust.
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"Value Theory in Ecological Economics: The Contribution of a Political Economy of Wealth"
This paper demonstrates how a Political Economy of Wealth—an analytical framework inspired from Ricardo’s and Marx’s theories of value—strengthens the analytical force of Socio-Ecological Economics in the context of the controversy over the value of nature.
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"Goodwill Toward Nature"
This article reflects on Aristotle’s conceptions of friendship and goodwill and if they can serve as a model for a virtuous relationship with nature.
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"World Poverty, Animal Minds and the Ethics of Veterinary Expenditure"
In this paper the authors make an argument for limiting veterinary expenditure on companion animals. The argument combines two principles: The obligation to give and the self-consciousness requirement.