This paper examines the contestation of two forms of environmentalism, institutional ecomodernism versus a grassroots ecopopulism within the context of the ongoing dispute between a local community in the west of Ireland and both multinationals and the state, who are attempting to run gas pipelines from the Atlantic Corrib Field through the rural community’s lands.

In this paper, it is argued that many social practices serve human purposes and also provide a setting for the emergence of environmental value.

Cartoneros documents the work of unemployed garbage collectors in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The film tells the story of how a small community and its environment can fall victim to the forces of disaster capitalism.