Sustainable Development: An Appraisal from the Gulf Region
Sillitoe, Paul, ed. Sustainable Development: An Appraisal from the Gulf Region. New York: Berghahn Books, 2014.
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Why Is Human Niche Construction Transforming Planet Earth?
Ellis argues that the unparalleled capacity of human societies to construct ecological niches at growing social and spatial scales has allowed them to alter the Earth permanently and profoundly.
Die Wahrheit ist auf dem Feld: Eine Wissensgeschichte der deutschen Landwirtschaft
A history of German agricultural technologies and the environmental problems they have given rise to since the nineteenth century.
"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.
Versailles’ Drinking Water and the Last Service of the Marly Machine, 1859–1963
Arcadia, Autumn 2016, no. 14
Why Poverty? Solar Mamas
This film follows a diverse group of women from around the world as they attend the Barefoot College in India. The college teaches them solar engineering skills to allow them to contribute to their communities and improve their daily lives, but societal and familial pressure proves challenging.
Katiyabaaz [Powerless]
Powerless is a film about India’s energy poverty and the people’s desperate measures to create functioning infrastructure. Electricity “thieves” divert power to homes and small businesses and come head-to-head with electricity supply companies.
Die 4. Revolution: Energie Autonomie [The 4th Revolution: Energy Autonomy]
This film envisions a restructuring of global power relations and calls for individual action in order to create a 100 percent renewable energy economy.
"Value Theory in Ecological Economics: The Contribution of a Political Economy of Wealth"
This paper demonstrates how a Political Economy of Wealth—an analytical framework inspired from Ricardo’s and Marx’s theories of value—strengthens the analytical force of Socio-Ecological Economics in the context of the controversy over the value of nature.
"Goodwill Toward Nature"
This article reflects on Aristotle’s conceptions of friendship and goodwill and if they can serve as a model for a virtuous relationship with nature.