Marching Activists: Transnational Lessons for Danish Anti-Nuclear Protest
Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 18
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Through the Reef: Settler Politics, Science, and the Great Barrier Reef
Rohan Lloyd explores the relationship between scientific management and preservation of the Great Barrier Reef, with the understanding of anthropogenic climate change marking a pivotal point.
Greenpeace, The Story
This film recounts the formation and rise of Greenpeace as one of the world’s most prominent environmentalist organizations.
Greenpeace: Von der Hippiebewegung zum Ökokonzern
Frank Zelko’s study of Greenpeace is the first detailed study of the group’s history, from it’s origins as a loose-knit group of anti-nuclear and anti-whaling activists to the influential organization it is today.
The Sidoarjo Mudflow and the Muddiness of an Environmental Disaster
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 5
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.
Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany: Hardy Survivors in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Environmental Organizations in Modern Germany narrates the rise and adaptation of the German environmental movement, as well as its dilemmas and strategies to adjust to changing sociopolitical policies and contexts.
Nature of the Miracle Years: Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975
Nature of the Miracle Years traces the gradual development of the German conservation movement through the democratization perido of postwar German society.
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.
Seeds of Knowledge: From Back-to-the-Land to Urban Gardening
Janovicek’s article studies the back-to-the-land movement of the 1960s and 1970s. By learning, preserving, and sharing traditional agricultural skills and knowledge, back-to-the-landers contributed to the revitalization of local food economies. The links they made connected them to others in their communities and to other generations of activists.