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Politics in—but not of—the Anthropocene
Meyer explores the need for a comprehensive politics of climate change.
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The Zero Garbage Affair in Bogotá
When Gustavo Petro, then mayor of Bogotá, attempted to introduce a new zero garbage program that would allow the city’s informal recyclers to receive proper wages, he found himself in the middle of a hygienic crisis that was used by his political opponents to try to remove him from office. Garbage had become a battlefield upon which the struggle against corruption for social reform and justice was carried out.
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"Big Science and the Enchantment of Growth in Latin America"
The central theme of this article is the mirage of growth that spread in Latin American countries under the influence of the United States, during and after World War II. This historical period had significant material consequences on world landscapes, as well as a symbolic impact through the rise of the ideal of Big Science, which aggravated the material environmental impacts.
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"'Rather Active Today than Radioactive Tomorrow!' Environmental Justice and the Anti-Nuclear Movement in 1970s Wyhl, West Germany"
This article applies new understandings of environmental justice theory to a specific local case study. It uses a broader conception of environmental justice theory to further our understanding of the rise of the German anti-nuclear movement.
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Environmental Knowledge, Environmental Politics: Case Studies from Canada and Western Europe
These essays showcase examples from Canada and Western Europe, offering insights into how different forms of environmental knowledge and environmental politics come to be seen as legitimate or illegitimate.
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Pollution, Local Activism, and the Politics of Development in the Canadian North
Sandlos and Keeling explore Indigenous resistance to arsenic pollution. Indigenous communities mobilized knowledge around environmental pollution and its health impacts. The authors show how this resistance to environmental racism is connected to other Indigenous struggles over industrial development and to issues such as land claims, sovereignty, and colonial dispossession.
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Environment and Citizenship in Latin America: Natures, Subjects and Struggles
Environment and Citizenship in Latin America reveals the strong connections between environmentalism, citizenship, national identity, political participation and resources in Latin America.
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Life as a Hunt: Thresholds of Identities and Illusions on an African Landscape
Life as a Hunt chronicles the history of the Valley Bisa people, their evolving landscapes and knowledge, and the ‘conservation battlefield’ their homeland has become.
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Urban Horticulture in Modena, Italy, 1980–2015
In 1980, Modena was the first city in Italy to introduce a law recognizing social urban allotments.
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Earth First! 29, no. 7
This special “Samhain-Yule” issue of Earth First! is dedicated to Samhain, the Celtic term for “summer’s end,” a time to reassess goals and strategies. It discusses endangered rivers, tar sands, protection from environmental degradation, information about US climate justice activism (MCJ), the “Green Scare,” Deep Ecology, and the G20 Summit. Letters to the editor and songs are included as well.