Crisp, Roger, "Animal Liberation is not an Environmental Ethic: A Response to Dale Jamieson"
Roger Crisp responds to Dale Jamieson’s views on animal liberation as environmental ethic.
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Frank, Joshua, "A Constrained-Utility Alternative to Animal Rights"
This article argues that a purely rights-based approach to greater consideration of animals is not theoretically or practically sound. It suggests a constrained-utility approach, which is both operational and based on negotiated consensus.
Brook, Isis, "Editorial: Ethics Gets Real"
In this editorial, Isis Brook introduces the complex field of ethical thinking about environments and non-human entities.
A River of Waste: The Hazardous Truth about Factory Farms
This film exposes the dangerous environmental practices common in the meat and poultry production industry.
Jamieson, Dale, "Animal Liberation is an Environmental Ethic"
Dale Jamieson discusses animal liberation as an environmental ethic.
Fearless Planet
Will Gadd hosts this Discovery Channel series exploring the history and formation of some of the Earth’s extreme landscapes.
Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment
Postcolonial Ecologies: Literatures of the Environment is the first edited collection to bring ecocritical studies into a necessary dialogue with postcolonial studies.
US Endangered Species Act
Recognizing the need to protect imperiled species, the United States Congress pass the Endangered Species Act on 28 December 1973.
Regions:
The Introduction of Reindeer to Alaska
The US Government begins importation of some Sami Reindeer Herders and their Reindeer–both native to Northern Scandinavia–to Alaska in an effort to teach the Inuit population to herd Reindeer as a source of income and sustenance.
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“Brief Historical Ecology of Northern Portugal during the Holocene”
This study reviews the main changes of the vegetation and fauna in northern Portugal during the Holocene, using literature from palaeoecology, archaeology, history, writings from travellers and naturalists, maps of agriculture and forestry and expert consultation.