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Avatar and Natural Spirituality
The book explores the cultural and religious significance of James Cameron’s film Avatar (2010).
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Notes From the Greenhouse: Making the Case for Environmental History
This volume of RCC Perspectives contains an English and a German version of a speech made by RCC Director Christof Mauch in 2009. In his speech, Mauch outlines the purpose of the Rachel Carson Center and argues for the importance of studying environmental history.
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“Landscape and the Metaphysical Imagination”
Ronald Hepburn explores and critically assesses the concept of the metaphysical imagination and its possible roles as part of aesthetic encounters.
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Fukushima and the Lessons of History: Remarks on the Past and Future of Nuclear Power
The essay presents a brief summary of the development of nuclear power in Germany, arguing that the decision of 2011 was the final step in a long farewell and discusses how the methodological arsenal of the historical profession can shed light on future developments.
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The Lessons of Chernobyl and Fukushima: An Ethical Evaluation
The aim of this article is to provide an ethical assessment of current events and trends regarding nuclear energy by introducing some thoughts from a Christian, socio-ethical point of view.
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A Farewell to Residual Risk? A Legal Perspective on the Risks of Nuclear Power after Fukushima
With reference to Ulrich Beck’s Risk Society, this article considers the paradoxical managing of nuclear risk, considered at once too risky for German risk society and yet socially acceptable for a further ten years.
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Wild Earth 1, no. 2
Wild Earth 1, no. 2, with the issue theme “The New Conservation Movement,” on reforming the Sierra Club, grizzly hunting in Montana, and an Ancient Forest Reserve proposal for the Mendocino National Forest.
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Wild Earth 1, no. 3
Wild Earth 1, no. 3 with essays on hydro development in North America, trans-boundary ecosystem preservation, the central Appalachian wilderness, and the need for deep ecological language.
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Wild Earth 1, no. 4
Wild Earth 1, no. 4. on Canadian wilderness laws and national parks, how a proposed copper mine in Canada is threatening the rivers Tatshenshini and Alsek, and the hidden costs of developing natural gas reserves.
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Wild Earth 2, no. 1
Wild Earth 2, no. 1 with essays on the ecological costs of livestock, bison hunt, trouts and their habitat, “wheeled locusts,” and off-road-vehicle trails on public lands.