Multimedia | book profile
Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850-1950
Summers shows that modern environmentalism is among the most important legacies of a consumer society.
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Multimedia | film profile
Bag It
Bag It follows “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he navigates our plastic world.
Multimedia | journal article
Singer, Peter, "Ethics and Climate Change: A Commentary on MacCracken, Toman and Gardiner"
Peter Singer argues that on any plausible principle, industrialised nations should be doing much more to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions than the Kyoto Protocol requires.
Multimedia | film profile
Dirt! The Movie
Dirt! The Movie takes a humorous and substantial look into the history and current state of the living organic matter that we come from and will later return to.
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Garbage Dreams
The award-winning Garbage Dreams follows three teenage boys growing up as ‘Zabaleen’ or garbage collectors in Cairo, Egypt.
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Cartoneros
Cartoneros documents the work of unemployed garbage collectors in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Perspectives Article
Polluted Water
This article discusses the shift in perception regarding polluted water. When did perceptions of polluted water change, when was it no longer considered a part of everyday life? And what caused the tide to turn?
Perspectives Article
The Contribution of Cartoonists to Environmental Debates in Nigeria: The Koko Toxic-Waste-Dumping Incident
This paper focuses on the 1987 to 1988 dumping of hazardous industrial waste in Koko, Nigeria. The paper critically analyzes the number, content, and contexts of cartoons that covered the toxic-waste dumping.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
Slat, Boyan, "How the Oceans Can Clean Themselves"
Boyan Slat combines environmentalism, creativity, and technology to tackle global issues of sustainability and pollution.
Multimedia | image
Permanent Disposal of Nuclear Waste
The large-scale testing of the atomic bomb in 1950 has left radioactive elements that could send strong, traceable chemical signals into our atmosphere for millennia.