Essays about: "Environmental Racism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words Environmental Racism.

  1. 1. The Sámi – Confronted with Climate Injustices : Exposing inconsistencies within global climate mitigation measures

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Julia Schneider; [2023]
    Keywords : sámi; climate injustice; environmental injustice; sustainability;

    Abstract : This study examines the cultural practices of the Sámi people and how they are affected by climate (in)justice within the European Union (EU). The establishment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has led many global actors such as the EU to commit and implement sustainable mitigation strategies. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Others: Media representations of Indigenous Peoples in the coverage of environmental and political matters : A Critical Discourse-Analysis of the media coverage regarding the Mayan Train environmental protests and concerns in Mexico

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Viviana Levet; [2022]
    Keywords : indigenous; indigenous peoples; indigenous representations; Mexico; media; media outlets; train; mayan; mayan train; environment; environmental discourse; media discourse; sustainability; social sustainability; indigeneity; racism; discrimination;

    Abstract : In the coverage of the Mayan Train in the Southeast of Mexico, national newspapers have either ignored Indigenous peoples as the main stakeholders affected by this project or portrayed them as victims and enemies of modernization. The purpose of this study is to analyse how the Mexican newspapers, La Jornada & Reforma, have omitted or ‘othered’ Indigenous communities in their coverage of the Mayan Train between March and June 2022. READ MORE

  4. 3. Terrestrial Management: Ecological farming in Puerto Rico

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Tracy Trägårdh; [2022]
    Keywords : Terrestrial; management; multispecies; post-qualitative inquiry; plantationocene;

    Abstract : According to the 2022 IPCC report on mitigation of climate change, a transformational change is necessary in every aspect of society, industry and commerce by 2030 in order to keep global temperatures within safe limits. What would this transformation look like and how do we begin? I argue that applying Bruno Latour’s concept of the Terrestrial can help lead us towards the path of transformation. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Promise of a Fully Sustainable Malmö by 2030 : An Analysis of the Social Sustanability Goals in Malmö's Budget 2022 Through a Perspective of Intersectionality and Feminist geography

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Eleonor Rosenlind; [2022]
    Keywords : Social Sustainability; Agenda 2030; Discrimination; Racism; Intersectionality; Feminist Geography;

    Abstract : Malmö, Sweden’s third largest city, is gaining an international reputation for being a creative and environmental conscious city with cutting-edge architecture. At the same time Malmö is infamous for its high levels of poverty and occasional riots. READ MORE

  6. 5. Racism in environmental communication about plastic pollution

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Angelina Elander; [2020]
    Keywords : environmental racism; plastic pollution; socioecological relations; South Africa; narrative strategies;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the knowledge formation of how environmental racism is covertly transformed in environmental communication about plastic pollution and how that affects socioecological relations in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Through analysis rhetorical and narrative strategies of the communication by the NGO Durbanites Against Plastic Pollution and by observing the Durbanites it has been revealed how aversive racism is transformed within the context of plastic pollution. READ MORE