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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.

The Fight for Hetch Hetchy

The proposed O’Shaughnessy Dam in the Hetch Hetchy Valley of Yosemite National Park precipitated a national environmental debate from 1908 to 1913. In 1913 the congress permitted construction and it was completed in 1923.

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"Migration as a Failure to Adapt? How Andean People Cope with Environmental Restrictions and Climate Variability"

This article analyzes how people in the Bolivian Andes cope with environmental stress. Specifically, it examines the role environmental migration - a strategic mechanism to build up financial, productive, and social capital - plays in how people cope with climate change.

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“Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters” was created by Elin Kelsey (2016) under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International license.

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Reader Response: Richard Christian

Reader Response: Richard Christian

A chapter of the virtual exhibition “Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters,” this letter discusses reasons for consolation in the age of climate change. The exhibition is curated by environmental educator Elin Kelsey.

Letter from Richard Kool to Sam and Cohen

Letter from Richard Kool to Sam and Cohen

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.