Posts Under ‘environmental activism’ Category

Is Localism a Retro Fad or a Blueprint for Sustainability?

March 9, 2013 by Keith Kloor | Filed in climate change, ecology, environmental activism, environmentalism, localism, select, sustainability | 15 comments

As someone who tracks environmental discourse in real time, I find it valuable to step back on occasion and look at how public attitudes are shaped. For that, I depend on the work of scholars. One book from 2008 that I’ve only just read explores how several major contemporary environmental themes have been expressed culturally,…Continue Reading…

Aquaman Returns

March 17, 2011 by Keith Kloor | Filed in environmental activism, marine conservation | 5 comments

I’m picturing a Navy Seal-turned environmental activist turned loose in a zany Carl Hiaasen plot. I don’t know much of Peter Bethune’s background, but he sure comes off here as one righteous bad ass. Bethune’s new organisation is based on fledgling local chapters of volunteers around the world, plus a six-man mission team. But where…Continue Reading…