John Anthony Allan’s “Virtual Water”: Natural Resources Management in the Wake of Neoliberalism
Arcadia, Spring 2018, no. 11
capitalism
"About a Stone: Some Notes on Geologic Conviviality"
In this special issue on Multispecies Studies, Hugo Reinert places multispecies studies in conversation with the geological turn by examining the place of a particular sacrifice stone in the ambit of a coastal mining development in northern Norway.
"The Theodicy of the “Good Anthropocene”
In this special commentary section titled “Replies to An Ecomodernist Manifesto,” edited by Eileen Crist and Thom Van Dooren, Clive Hamilton examines Erle Ellis’ ‘good Anthropocene,’ an unlikely juxtaposition which has now been amplified into the idea of the “great Anthropocene” and set out in An Ecomodernist Manifesto.
"Fifty Shades of Green"
In this Special Commentary Section titled “Replies to An Ecomodernist Manifesto,” edited by Eileen Crist and Thom Van Dooren, Bruno Latour explores the political import of the notion of “ecomodernism.”
Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter, Issue 26
This issue of Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter features stories on Louisiana-Pacific Lands, corporate betrayal, and the natural alliance between forest workers and environmentalists.
Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter, Issue 20
This issue of Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter includes a report on Headwaters Forest and articles on “Minorities, the Poor & Ending Corporate Rule” and “The Struggle For Democratic Control of Corporations: Taking The Offensive.”
Reel Nature: America's Romance with Wildlife on Film
From the early exploits of Teddy Roosevelt in Africa to blockbuster films such as March of the Penguins, Gregg Mitman reveals how changing values, scientific developments, and new technologies have come to shape American encounters with wildlife on and off the big screen.
"We Are as Gods": The Green Technical Fix
Trim’s article focuses on “countercultural environmentalists” and an alternative development program in Prince Edward Island, Canada. The project’s history raises questions about the consequences of treating environmental issues as technical problems to be solved with innovation and new technology. This approach both depoliticizes environmental issues and embeds them into new political structures.
Coal in the Age of the Oil Sands
Piper argues that coal has played an important role in Alberta’s history, although it receives less attention than the oil sands. Coal has been essential to Alberta’s economy and the industry has benefited from government support, although from the 1970s this came into conflict with growing grassroots environmentalism. Whether the coal industry can withstand recent political and economic changes, however, remains to be seen.
No Land, No Food, No Life
This film examines how farmers in Mali are resisting the loss of their land to corporate farming initiatives.