The conflict between northern spotted owls and invasive barred owls highlights a conservation dilemma, where ethics and environmental priorities collide. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s barred owl culling strategy underscores complex questions about species management and human responsibility in disrupted ecosystems.
Read MorePeanut the squirrel’s story, a social media sensation, sheds light on human compassion and why we connect more deeply with individual victims. This article explores public reactions to Peanut’s tragic death, examining psychic numbing and pseudoinefficacy.
Read MoreThe term environmental violence has gained prominence, particularly in relation to pollution. Richard Marcantonio and Agustín Fuentes's article, “Environmental violence: a tool for planetary health research” (2023), emphasizes pollution as a central element of environmental violence, linking it directly to human health.
Read MoreLeane Makey et al. (2022) highlight the slow violence of settler colonialism and its ecological impact on Kaipara Moana, emphasizing the importance of Indigenous knowledge in addressing environmental degradation.
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Read MoreStudents from the Landscape Design course at Cal Poly Pomona Italy.
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Read MoreMeenakshi S. and Krupa Shah (2022) expose the slow violence of coal mining in Jharia, India, through photography, illustrating environmental destruction and human suffering.
Read MoreDr. Lucy Jones, a seismologist formerly with the USGS, is combining her love of music and passion for fighting climate change in a new initiative called Tempo: Music for Climate Action.
Read MoreThe S21 Genocide Museum in Cambodia, officially known as Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum.
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Read MoreA doctor checking passengers at a bus station in Hetien, China, May 2003
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Read MoreA little girl looks at candle lanterns, during a memorial ceremony for tsunami victims at the tsunami-devastated city of Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, Northern Japan, 11 March 2016.
Read MoreThe Future Landscapes podcast episode, "Fossil Injustice: Tušimice coal power plant," examines the slow violence of coal extraction through sound. By contrasting industrial noise with natural sounds, the project exposes the hidden impact of fossil fuel infrastructure on our environment and collective imagination.
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