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Showing 1 to 20 of 171 for “"Environmentalism"”.
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Buddhist Philosophy and the Ideals of Environmentalism
… which, I suggest has better resources for environmentalism because enlightenment and the ordinary world are not conceived as antithetical. Still, many contemporary green ideas do not sit well with classical Mahāyāna doctrines. Mahāyāna philosophers coincide in equating ultimate reality with …
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Ecology and Environmentalism in Contemporary Sound Art
… a comprehensive investigation into ecology and environmentalism in contemporary sound art. The critical gap will be tackled by coupling a thorough analysis of the field of ecocriticism with an investigation into the ways in which ecological principles manifest within sound as a medium and …
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Environmentalism in the United States: An Evolving Perspective
The purpose of this study is to investigate environmentalism in the United States. The dimension of perspective receives considerable attention. The prevailing perspective by a society regarding the importance of the health of the natural world greatly influences the degree of support of …
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Environmentalism : philosophical sources of 19th century urban thought
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1980.
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East of the Tracks: Grassroots Environmentalism in South Mississippi
… the following question: In terms of grassroots environmentalism, what techniques and strategies do community based groups in Hattiesburg use to mobilize and sustain collective action? This thesis provides a qualitative, applied ethnographic study carried out using a multi-theoretical approach …
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Liberal environmentalism and the international law of hazardous chemicals
This study looks at the role that liberal economic norms are playing in international environmental negotiations on hazardous chemicals (including wastes), and the implications of these norms for the protection of the environment and human health from the thousands of chemicals on the market. The …
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Spatiality, political identities and the environmentalism of the poor
… social/ political movements which have linked environmentalism and social inequality to develop a focus on the ‘ineradicablity ofantagonism’ in political ecology. It argues that this necessitates a stress on the constitutive role of power and spatiality. These movements are firstly, the UK land …
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Resistance and waste work: Women’s environmentalism in Southern Italy
This dissertation analyzes how the implementation of the European Union Waste Directives is shaping gender and ethnic relationships in the region of Campania, Italy, an area with an extensive history of illegal dumping and toxic waste contamination. Through ethnographic and archival methods, I …
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Is God green? : emerging environmentalism in the evangelical community
In recent months, evangelical environmentalism has been the subject of much media coverage and debate. The central questions are whether evangelical environmentalists could be potential allies for the mainstream environmental movement, and what impact pro-environment evangelicals might have on …
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Does the community really matter? : civic environmentalism in brownfield redevelopment
This paper analyzes the process of civic environmentalism in brownfield redevelopment. A single "best case" scenario, the Empire Laundry project in Lynn, Massachusetts, illustrates key features of a citizen-led cleanup and redevelopment effort. The in-depth analysis traces key events and milestones …
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Concretizing Sustainable Worlds: Environmentalism as a Politics of Technological Transformation
… to achieve their interests. He claims that environmentalism represents one of the greatest opportunities for this kind of intervention. His suggestion seems viable; most if not all of the current environmental problems stem from maladaptive technologies. Transforming these technologies is …
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Post-environmentalism, the deep ecology/ecofeminist debate, and Surfacing : rereading environmental theory
I have taken my notion of 'Post-Environmentalism' from John Young's book of the same name which seemed to me to provide an eclectic and essentially deconstructive approach to the debate surrounding 'the environmentalist crisis'. As the term suggests, the debate is one subject to essentialist …
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Wilderness rivers: environmentalism, the wilderness movement, and river preservation during the 1960s
Wilderness Rivers explores America's treatment of rivers in the context of the social and political climate of the 1960s. The decades following the Second World War brought about significant changes in the way Americans perceived their environment. Higher levels of affluence and education, …
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Back to the Land Again: Environmentalism in English georgic life writing 1940-2023
… critical essay entitled Back to the Land Again: Environmentalism in English georgic life writing 1940-2023. The creative work is life writing based on my experience of living and working on a market garden, intertwined with nature writing, history, biography and other types of creative …
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Environmentalism Among Older Adults: Investigating Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior in Later Life
… reframe the role of older adults in contemporary environmentalism. Together, findings from the two studies provide support for some previous research and suggest pathways, including the important role of flow experiences, to facilitate pro-environmental behavior in later life.</p>
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Conflict And Solidarity Between Anti-Colonial Environmentalism, Indigenous Anti-Pipeline Resistance, And The Labour
… is an obstacle to Indigenous solidarity and environmentalism. In 2020, the Shut Down Canada movement that started from Wet'suwet'en territories against building the CGL pipeline on their land, which was a scale-up from the Idle No More movement, underscored the importance of the Land Back …
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