Perspectives Article
Eco-Images and Environmental Activism: A Sociosemiotic Analysis
This essay will focus on the use of eco-images in unconventional visual environmental campaigns.
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Reclamations | Risk and Militarization
By presenting historical examples of protests and activism, literary scholar Hsu Hsuan shows that militarized spaces often are contested spaces as well, This is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Representing Environmental Risk in the Landscapes of US Militarization.”
Perspectives Article
National Parks as Cosmopolitics
This article explains how a renewed emphasis of the cosmopolitan aspects of conservationist park making could help to acknowledge the genuine moral commitment of activists to the future wellbeing of humankind and planet.
Perspectives Article
Constructing and De-constructing Communities: Tales of Urban Injustice and Resistance in Brazil and South Africa
This article considers the parallels between the community of Lady Selborne, a township near Pretoria, South Africa, and the neighbourhood of Cidade de Deus (City of God) in Rio de Janeiro.
Perspectives Article
Doomed to Suffer in Silence? Living with Pollution in Industrialized Rural China
Rural villagers in China have a sophisticated awareness of the risks they face due to pollution, yet they often feel that they are helpless to improve their situation.
Perspectives Article
Sustainability at Dead-ends: The Future of Hope in Rural Japan
Self-sufficiency has become a dominant priority of rural sustainability in Japan. The paper examines a community mapping initiative that empowers regional residents to rediscover the character of their depleted surroundings.
Multimedia | book profile
To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet
This book documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns.
Multimedia | book excerpt
“Introduction to Environmental Art.”
Linda Weintraub introduces eco-art strategies, genres, issues, and, approaches.
Exhibition chapter
Letter from Rachel Shindelar to Tim Jackson | Beyond Doom and Gloom
A chapter of the virtual exhibition “Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters,” this letter discusses sustainability without growth in relation to a hopeful view on possible outcomes of climate change. The exhibition is curated by environmental educator Elin Kelsey.
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Letter from Richard Kool to Sam and Cohen | Beyond Doom and Gloom
A chapter of the virtual exhibition “Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters,” this letter presents a Jewish understanding of despair in relation to future adverse effects of climate change. The exhibition is curated by environmental educator Elin Kelsey.