Tag: Environmental Justice
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From Trash Trade to Waste Colonialism: A Conversation with Simone Müller
in PodcastsPaul Sutter interviews Simone Müller about the famous case of the Khian Sea, a “renegade ship” carrying waste and trying to dock in different countries. The ship reveals the many contradictions within environmental movements and policies.
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Faculty Favorites: Ecologies & Politics of Borders
in ChecklistsEdge Effects invites scholars from different disciplines to introduce texts on the complexities of borders. This list also includes ideas on how to frame and teach the topic of borders in the classroom.
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Más allá de los monocultivos del género, los horizontes trans
in EssaysLa lógica de las plantaciones le dan forma a nuestra vida. El género es hoy un monocultivo, pero Max D. López Toledano y Topaz Zega sugieren que cultivar policultivos del género nos ofrece nuevas maneras de florecer.
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Is the Outdoor Recreation Boom Too Good to Be True?
in EssaysThe outdoor recreation economy (ORE) is where land, labor, and leisure collide. Mara MacDonell explores the complexities and complications behind the apparent rise of ORE, including housing insecurity, economic inequality, and environmental degradation.
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Centering Islands in a Rising Ocean: A Conversation with Christina Gerhardt
in PodcastsSamm Newton interviews Dr. Christina Gerhardt about her 2023 book Sea Change, which is a collection of essays, a history of connection, and a window into island nations facing an uncertain future.
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Ten Hidden Gems From the Edge Effects Archives
in ChecklistsThe editorial board recommends environmental readings from the archives—on topics ranging from the Anthropocene to environmental art to blue humanities.
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Living With Plastic and Toxicity, Queerly
in ReviewsSvenja Engelmann-Kewitz reviews Heather Davis’s book Plastic Matter, which theorizes the queer potentials and complex legacies of plastic.
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Hindustan Zinc and Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility
in EssaysIn 2021 and 2022, Prerna Rana spoke with people in Udaipur, India whose livelihoods have been impacted negatively by both environmental pollution and the corporate social responsibility programs meant to mitigate that harm.
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New Climate Vocabulary for a Changing World
in CommentaryHow can we enrich colloquial language about climate change? Inspired by Gen Z slang, Stevie Chedid imagines a linguistic paradigm shift.
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Multispecies Grief in the Wake of Megafires
in EssaysA global coalition of authors articulate the environmental violence of megafires by focusing on the myriad experiences of multispecies grief in their wake.