Bridges the gap between social and environmental critiques of capitalism In the nineteenth century, Karl Marx, inspired by the German chemist Justus von Liebig, argued that capitalism's relation to its natural environment was that of a robbery system, leading to an irreparable rift in the metabolism between humanity and nature. In the twenty-first ......
A fascinating reinterpretation of the radical and socialist origins of ecology Twenty years ago, John Bellamy Foster's Marx's Ecology: Materialism and Nature introduced a new understanding of Karl Marx's revolutionary ecological materialism. More than simply a study of Marx, it commenced an intellectual and social history, encompassing thinkers ......
Approaches to Environmental Justice and Social Power
A critical resource for approaching sustainability across the disciplines Sustainability and social justice remain elusive even though each is unattainable without the other. Across the industrialized West and the Global South, unsustainable practices and social inequities exacerbate one another. How do social justice and sustainability ......
We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate change? This question is particularly poignant along the Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt in the Pacific region that routinely faces some of the most ......
We live in a fragile world. This much is evident as stories abound of natural disasters that wipe out communities in an instant. How can we survive the future on such a planet, amid intensifying climate change? This question is particularly poignant along the Ring of Fire, a tectonic belt in the Pacific region that routinely faces some of the most ......
Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park hosts more than four million visitors annually, a number that underscores both the national park's immense popularity and its limits. Large numbers of visitors mean air pollution from car emissions, noise pollution that drowns out the sounds of nature, and destroyed habitat - especially near campgrounds and crowded hiking ......
Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice, 1945-2024
Confronting Water Insecurity provides an account of the role of multilateral cooperation and global institutions in transforming science, policy, and practice for water security from 1945 to 2024, a period characterized by significant disparities in water security between low- and high-income countries, ever-rising water use, and growing concerns ......
Displays how throughout US history, law has consistently been foundational to the nation's environmental exploitation and protection, offering crucial lessons for addressing contemporary challenges The relationship between humans and the environment in the United States has been a tale of countless contrasting, overlapping trends, movements, and ......
Imperialism, Capital, and Rural Ecologies in Late-Colonial Kenya
The trickle-down effects of empire on the environment Vanished Water examines the ecological and social consequences of British imperial rule-and its inherently extractive aims-on water development in late-colonial Kenya. Examining the arid northern and eastern parts of the country between 1938 and the mid-1960s, James Parker demonstrates how ......
