Essays about: "human-nature relation"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words human-nature relation.
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1. Dark Ecology: Obscurities Illuminated
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study investigates “dark ecology” – an ecological theory formulated by Timothy Morton, based on an object-oriented ontology and claimed to offer a new perspective on how humans can and should coexist with other “objects” in the world in a better, less hostile way. Dark ecology is a critique of both an anthropocentric and a biocentric worldview, aiming to erase the dichotomy between human/nature and subject/object. READ MORE
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2. Nature experiences for human wellbeing and Human-Nature Connection
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för byggnadsteknik, energisystem och miljövetenskapAbstract : Our contact with nature is decreasing in what has been referred to as the “extinction of experience”. Consequences of the loss of nature experiences are far-reaching and involve not only changes in health and wellbeing, but also changes emotions, attitudes, and behaviour towards nature. READ MORE
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3. Teaching English in Sweden : A Look at the Rhetoric in the Federalist Papers
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : This essay examines the possibility to use the Federalist Papers as authentic classroom material for English 7 within Sweden’s upper secondary school. To do this, three close readings have been done of the first, tenth and fifty-first essay amongst the Federalist Papers. READ MORE
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4. Making military policy sustainable? : An analysis of military policy from a critical environmental perspective
University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikationAbstract : This study examines the framing of environmental policies within two military organisations;the Swedish Armed Forces and the United States’ Department of Defence. Additionally, key similarities and differences between the two were described and discussed, as well as which possibilities and challenges each organisation faces moving forward. READ MORE
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5. Challenging the status quo of sustainability : permaculture fostering human-nature relations and re-enchanting nature in Uppsala
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural DevelopmentAbstract : To understand the current situation when it comes to the environmental challenges humans and nature are facing in 21st century, I think there is a need to look back in history to search for root causes. In order to understand how historically, views of nature and human-nature relationships emerged impacting our current age, e.g. READ MORE