Tag: Environmental Justice
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Dissent, Disruption, and Youth Climate Activism at COP28
in FieldnotesWhat actually happens at the United Nations Conference of Parties (COPs)? Cody Skahan gives an insider view and wonders how youth environmental activism can persist amidst crackdowns on protest and the ever-present allure of political power.
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2024 Year in Review
in ChecklistsAs we welcome in another new year, Edge Effects editors reflect on ten years of posting and recommend their favorite essays and podcasts from 2024.
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Crip Intimacy and Aquifer Entanglements: a Conversation with Sunaura Taylor
in PodcastsKate Phelps speaks with Sunaura Taylor on her book Disabled Ecologies. They discuss the contamination of the Tucson aquifer as an origin for understanding the mutual injury of humans and the environment.
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Seance, Queer Climate Activism, and the Radical Faeries
in EssaysCould seance be more than just a party trick? Sam Bean, Alison Schultz, Carmen Warner, and Barbara Leckie unpack its overlooked political history, including how the queer group Radical Faeries used seances to articulate an egalitarian, environmentally-connected identity.
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Translation, Rage, and What Is-Was-Willbe: A Conversation with Khairani Barokka
in PodcastsJagravi Dave speaks with Khairani Barokka on her poetry collection amuk. They use the book to connect tenselessness, the violence of colonial translation, and rage across personal, political, and environmental scales.
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Mourning Waste in the Anthropocene
in EssaysSophie Chao traces how Marind People of West Papua suffer the effects of monoculture toxicity while also mourning for the waste it produces.
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Navigating Eco-Grief with Ancestral Grieving Practices
in EssaysEco-grief can feel isolating, but Christina Guevara and Rae Jing Han draw on Filipino and Chinese ancestral practices to develop collective grieving practices.
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Something in the Water: A Podcast on PFAS in Wisconsin
in PodcastsThe Public Trust podcast, co-produced by Bonnie Willison and Richelle Wilson, investigates PFAS contamination in Wisconsin.
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Eight Environmental Podcasts to Follow in 2024
in ChecklistsRunning out of podcasts? Fret not. Edge Effects editors have a list of environmental podcasts that they think you should listen to. This list encompasses a wide range of topics related to environmental and social change, including climate activism, corporate greenwashing, mining conflicts, and more.
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Fish Farming in the Digital Cloud
in EssaysPatrick Brodie investigates the complex political ecology of energy, data, and fish in Ireland’s peat bog aquaculture.