"Thoreau's Aesthetics and 'The Domain of the Superlative'"
In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”
In her essay, Dana Phillips presents a analysis of Thoreau’s aesthetics and “the domain of the superlative.”
This paper explores the context of environmental justice (EJ) in Scotland, and presents a case study whereby the main attributes for an indicator of EJ were identified, encompassing procedural and distributive aspects of justice.
Using a case of mad cow disease in the United States, this paper argues, statements of risk are ultimately social products that come to us by way of translation.
In this paper, Derek D. Turner argues that by focusing too narrowly on consequentialist arguments for ecosabotage, environmental philosophers such as Michael Martin (1990) and Thomas Young (2001) have tended to overlook important facts about monkeywrenching.
This essay discusses ways of thinking about botanic gardens that pay close attention to their particularity as designed spaces, dependent on technique, that nonetheless purport to present (and preserve) natural entities (plants).
Simon A. Hailwood discuss some key elements of an environmental philosophy distinguishing between humanity and a nature valued precisely for its otherness, and some of the difficulties involved with keeping nature’s otherness in focus.
Markus J. Peterson and Tarla Rai Peterson make an argument for the synergy between deep, feminist, and scientific ecology towards improving environmental policy.
This article looks at how environmental life histories have been used for particular purposes.
Under the direction of David Brower, the Sierra Club issued photographic books, cards, and calendars featuring charismatic images of nature in a state of pristine grandeur or untrammeled intimacy to expand its membership and promote its environmentalism.
An advertising campaign by Vickers and Benson helped the Canadian environmental organization Pollution Probe brand itself during the early years of its existence.