Essays about: "Environmentalism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 74 essays containing the word Environmentalism.

1. 16. Environmentalism and Its Representations in the Digital Age : A Content Analysis of @environmental_defense_fund, @get.waste.ed, and @zahranabiabani on Instagram

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Lucia Labajová; [2022]
   Keywords : social media activism; environmentalism; climate optimism; framing; Instagram; shift of activism; climate doomism; climate anxiety;

   Abstract : Research paper talks about environmentalism, and its representations in the digital age. The study is focused on Instagram and the sample of three selected profiles. READ MORE

3. 17. ACCOMMODATION, CONTENTION, AND TRANSFORMATION – MAPPING THE FIELD OF GREEN TRANSITION POLITICS IN DENMARK FROM 2007 to 2020

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Mads Schou Jensen; [2021]
   Keywords : social movement studies; climate politics; field theory; green transition; strategic decision-making; climatization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate change has become an all-encompassing problem as CO2 accumulating in the atmosphere sets the pace of temperature increases in our rapidly warming world. In attempting to make society ‘green,’ environmental movements have pursued different strategies through different political constellations. READ MORE

4. 18. ’’Materials for a Better Life’’: Strategic Minerals and the Sustainability Transition : A Study on the Strategic Framing of Cobalt & The Material-Discursive Practices of the Extractive Industry in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Gustav Dahlqvist; [2021]
   Keywords : cobalt; the Democratic Republic of the Congo; strategic framing; the sustainability transition; extractive industries; multinational corporations; sustainable development; material-discursive practices; securitisation; environmentalism; developmentalism; international relations;

   Abstract : Rechargeable batteries are set to power sustainable development by 2030. In this context, the increasingly important role of certain ‘strategic minerals’ used in emerging renewable technologies has become highly topical. READ MORE

5. 19. Environmentalist Metaphors in Tales from Outer Suburbia : Supporting students' visual literacy skills by analysing Shaun Tan's pictures

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Patricia Svensson; [2021]
   Keywords : pictorial metaphors; environmentalism; Shaun Tan; visual literacy; English language learning;

   Abstract : As the impact of pictures in everyday life and literature is increasing, so is the importance of visual literacy skills. This essay combines theories of visual literacy, pictorial metaphor, image analysis and environmentalism to analyse visual literacy in relation to how Shaun Tan’s pictures create metaphorical ideas related to the environment in Tales from Outer Suburbia. READ MORE

6. 20. Barnen & jorden : en designstudie om relationen mellan plats, naturkontakt och miljöengagemang

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

   Author : Linnea Herngren; Josefin Ågren; [2021]
   Keywords : barn; naturkontakt; positiva naturupplevelser; miljöengagemang; leklandskap; samskapande; frihet; miljöerbjudande; platsanknytning; sinnesstimulans; öppen designprocess; socioekologisk design; naturbaserade lösningar;

   Abstract : Miljöpsykologiska teorier belyser att en stark relation till naturliga platser under barndomen kan utvecklas till en omsorg och förståelse för naturen som vuxen. I en tid då människans livsstil hotar jordens naturliga processer, syftar detta arbetet till att utforska hur landskapsarkitekter kan gestalta platser som bidrar till barns naturkontakt. READ MORE