ecology

Arne Naess discusses the distinction made by Kant between “moral” and “beautiful” actions in relation to efforts to counteract the current ecological crisis.

Martinez-Alier discusses issues relating to the concept of “sustainable development” as used by the Brundtland Commission.

Andrew Brennan discusses the complexity of environmental literacy, questioning the role of discipline-based education.

Eric Katz examines and compares the ontological and axiological character of artefacts—human creations—with nonhuman natural entities.

Robin Attfield presents and appraises Richard Sylvan’s trenchant critique of Deep Ecology and Warwick Fox’s illuminating reinterpretation and defence. A position intermediate between Deep Ecology and anthropocentrism is advocated, which has been called by Wayne Sumner “middle-depth environmentalism—a kind of continental shelf between the shallow and deep extremes.”

In The Next Industrial Revolution, architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.

Nuhoniyeh—Our Story provides a view on forced environmental migration.

Schmidt outlines the meaning and main phases of “economization” as a civilizing process, arguing that “ecologization” ’ of the current political-economic regime can be regarded as a continuation of this development. Due attention is given to the social conditions which may be favourable or impedimental to an ecologization of the economy. This article asks that environmental policies use the so-called trickle-down effect to their advantage.

This book catalyzes the reflection about the aesthetic and spiritual dimension in the environmental humanities and offers transdisciplinary insights into the challenge of sustainability and ongoing changes in our society and environment.

Garbage, wastewater, and hazardous waste: these are the lenses through which Melosi views nineteenth- and twentieth-century America. In broad overviews and specific case studies, Melosi treats the relationship between industrial expansion and urban growth from an ecological perspective.