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Green Utopianism: Facing the Climate Crisis, Inhabiting the Anthropocene
This chapter explores how the climate crisis has fundamentally altered the conditions for green utopianisms—and how green utopias persist in and...
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The eco-ethical contribution of Menico Torchio – a forgotten pioneer of European Bioethics
BackgroundIn 1926, Fritz Jahr described bio-ethics (German: bio-ethik) as “the assumption of moral obligations not only towards humans, but towards...
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Climate Change and Social Movements
This chapter will present the philosophical grounding of (global) civil society and its connection to social movements, both from a general point of...
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Climate Change and Social Movements
This chapter will present the philosophical grounding of (global) civil society and its connection to social movements, both from a general point of...
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Politically Branding India’s “First Fully Organic State”: Re-Signification of Traditional Practices and Markets in Organic Agriculture
In 2016, summarily outlawing all chemical inputs, the Indian state of Sikkim transitioned to completely organic agriculture. Despite “organic...
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The “Business Sucks” Story
The purpose of this essay is to suggest that one of the dominant modes of thought in our society is a profound mistrust and misunderstanding of the...
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Climate Change and Nature Conservation
After briefly reconstructing how and when anthropogenic climate change awareness and nature conservation emerged in Western societies (section...
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Climate Change and Nature Conservation
After briefly reconstructing how and when anthropogenic climate change awareness and nature conservation emerged in Western societies (section...
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Intercultural Education
Enhancing cultural and religious diversity has been well-explored within intercultural educational discourse, but to what extent does it also raise...
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The eXtended Uni/Meta/Verse (XV) and the Liminal Spaces of Body, Ownership, and Control
The “vironment” is the liminal space and boundary between the environment (our surroundings) and the invironment (ourselves). Examples of vironments...
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Environmental Protection
The beginning of environmental consciousness and policy discussions on environmental protection can be traced back to the nineteenth century. Since...
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Patriotism as an Environmental Virtue
Define “patriotism” as love for one’s country and devotion to its well-being. This chapter contends that patriotism thus defined is a virtue and that...
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Shangwe Environmental Ethics: A Panacea for Agrarian Problems in Gokwe
The chapter examines Shangwe agrarian environmental ethics in the Gokwe area of Zimbabwe. The Shangwe, like any other Shona societies in Zimbabwe,...
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The New Common
This article describes a personal relationship to a common green space in a town in the United Kingdom during the lockdowns prompted by the Covid-19...
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Resolving Environmental Crises: A Gandhian Approach
This chapter reasons with Gandhian ideas to offer possible resolutions for the environmental crises. The chapter argues that, for Gandhi, the...
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Relevance of Duties in Contemporary World with Particular Emphasis on Gandhian Thought with Respect to Respect for Nature and Environment
Gandhiji had anticipated most of the environmental problems that we face today. He envisaged an ecological or basic needs model centred on limitation...