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  1. 1. Pipelines, provocateurs and pacifists

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johanna Spetz; [2024]
    Keywords : Climate change; climate activism; violence; nonviolence; deontology; consequentialism; values; ethics.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Would you fight climate change at any cost? In the modern day debate, opinions on the appropriate measures to draw attention to the climate crisis are divided. When conventional methods fall short, some activists resort to more assertive approaches. READ MORE

  3. 2. Challenging Green Capitalism : An ideology Critique of Max Burgers' Environmental Strategies

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Miljöförändring

    Author : Robin Hedenqvist; Hannah Johansson; [2018]
    Keywords : Ecological modernization; Sustainable development; Ideology critique; Carbon offsetting; Efficiency; Max Burgers; Jevons Paradox; CO2lonialism; Hornborg;

    Abstract : Environmental strategies implemented today are strongly influenced by the ideologies capitalism, neoliberalism and ecomodernism. As such, they should promote global economic expansion while mitigating environmental impact. READ MORE

  4. 3. On Value: A Journey from a Word to a World

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Oscar Krüger; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : While there is little overlap in its use and meanings, the concept “value” is often central within the texts of human ecology. But it is seldom clear what the word really means even at a particular instantiation of it, neither what ontological commitments would let that which the meaning refers to exist in the world. READ MORE

  5. 4. What changed in 43 years? A comparison of the River Laxá dispute with perspectives towards the proposed Bjarnarflag geothermal power station

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Sigurjonsdottir Sigridur Bylgja; [2013]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis compares the 1970 River Laxá dispute in Skútustaðahreppur, Iceland with perspectives towards the proposed Bjarnarflag geothermal power station in the same region 43 years later. The events in 1970 have been called the first act of environmental protection in Iceland. READ MORE