ethics

The anthropocentric ethic implicit in all solutions regarding global commons is contrasted with the ecocentric one which may be necessary to preserve the biosphere in the future.

An evolutionary analysis of history suggests that technology and morality can and will respond to a clearly perceived future threat to civilization. But will our response be fast enough?

A study of homesteading in America from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Alex Lockwood tries to measure the importance of Rachel Carson’s work in its affective influence on contemporary environmental writing across the humanities.

The contributions to this volume explore and uncover contemporary scholarship’s debt to the classical and medieval past.

Just Ecological Integrity presents a collection of revised and expanded essays originating from the international conference “Connecting Environmental Ethics, Ecological Integrity, and Health in the New Millennium,” held in San Jose, Costa Rica in June 2000.

Laura Westra and Bill Lawson’s edited collection centers on the legal, political, economic, social, and health issues surrounding environmental racism.

Released almost 30 years later, this documentary examines events surrounding the major industrial accident at the trichlorphen plant ICMESA, near Seveso (“Seveso chemical disaster”).

A cultural critique of zoos that seeks to problematize their role as a sanctuary for animals.