State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World
State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World examines the policy changes needed to combat climate change and explores the economic benefits that could flow from the transition.
Anthropocene
State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy
In State of the World 2008: Innovations for a Sustainable Economy, researchers with the Worldwatch Institute and other leading experts highlight an array of economic innovations that offer new opportunities for long-term prosperity.
“Introduction to Environmental Art.”
Linda Weintraub introduces eco-art strategies, genres, issues, and, approaches.
Anthropocenic Poetics: Ethics and Aesthetics in a New Geological Age
The essay suggests that what is absent from the scientific discourse on the Anthropocene is a postcolonial perspective that points out the fact that we are not talking about generalizable social, economic, and cultural structures and belief systems, but that instead we are describing very specific political, economic, and discursive regimes of power.
"Gaia Infiltrata: The Anthroposphere as a Complex Autoparasitic System"
This paper compares the heuristic potential of three metaphorical paired concepts used in the relevant literature to characterise global relationships between the anthroposphere and the ecosphere.
“Climate Blues: or How Awareness of the Human End Might Re-Instil Ethical Purpose to the Writing of History”
What does the possibility of an early end to human existence as part of a more general biotic extinction mean for the latter day writing of history?
"Is Singer's Ethics Speciesist?"
In this paper Roger Fjellstrom argues that there is a lack of coherence between his ethical ideology and his actual ethical theory.
"Convergence, Noninstrumental Value and the Semantics of 'Love': Comment on McShane"
This article comments on Katie McShanes theories on convergence and noninstrumental value.
"Anthropocentrism vs. Nonanthropocentrism: Why Should We Care?"
In her essay, Katie McShane argues that even if we grant the truth of Bryan Norton’s convergence hypothesis, there are still good reasons to worry about anthropocentric ethics.
Welcome to the Anthropocene
The animated film charts the growth of humanity into a global force on an equivalent scale to major geological processes.