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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Multimedia | film profile
The Last Catch
This film focuses on the struggle for survival faced both by European bluefin tuna and the fishermen who depend on them for their livelihoods.
Multimedia | film profile
When China Met Africa
This film captures the rise of China’s influence in Africa and in Zambia in particular, through the lives of three individuals: a Chinese entrepreneur, a project manager for a Chinese multinational and the Zambian Minister for Commerce, Trade and Industry.
Multimedia | film profile
Banking Nature
This film examines the pros and cons of the financialization of nature, an approach which some believe can make up for failed political solutions.
Multimedia | film profile
Dschungelburger—Hackfleischordnung International [Jungleburgers]
Jungleburgers is a documentary about the rainforest in Costa Rica being destroyed for the sake of low-cost beef for the US hamburger market.
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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.
Perspectives Article
The “Urban Mine” in Accra, Ghana
Urban mining—reclaiming valuable metals from discarded electronic devices—has become an important economic activity in the informal sector in places such as Agbogbloshie, a slum in Accra, Ghana. This article examines the material flows linking Ghana with the rest of the world, the politics of waste recycling, and the hazards faced by those processing e-waste.
Perspectives Article
Beyond Corporate Sustainability in the Anthropocene
Corporate social and environmental responsibility could help drive the cultural shift needed to tackle climate change issues.
Multimedia | book profile
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.
Multimedia | journal article
"Blaming It on the Weather: The Role of “Inclement” Rainfall in Society-Nature Relations in Liberal Costa Rica (1860-1940)"
This article seeks to shed light on some of the many possible interactions between changes in rainfall regime, one of the climatic factors with the greatest bearing on the history of human society, and the economic and socio-environmental dynamics of Costa Rica.