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Virginia Hanusik on Into the Quiet and the Light (Apr 24, 2024)

Into the Quiet and the Light: Water, Life, and Land Loss in South Louisianaoffers a glimpse into the vulnerabilities and possibilities of living on the water during an ongoing climate catastrophe and the fallout of the fossil fuel industry. Artist...

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Virginia Hanusik on Into the Quiet and the Light

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Roque Raquel Salas Rivera on Translating The Book of Conjurations (Apr 23, 2024)

Poetry, like alchemy, can promise a material wealth it never quite delivers, transmutation through words, and the power to turn paupers into patrons, but most often promises an alchemy of the soul that strives toward a higher form. Irizelma Robles...

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Roque Raquel Salas Rivera on Translating The Book of Conjurations

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A Systems Thinking Approach to Teaching About Climate Change Cassie Xu and Radhika Iyengar (Apr 22, 2024)

Climate change is one of the largest threats for humanity and has already had a significant impact globally and locally. It is perhaps the most defining issue of our time. It will ultimately test how communities, cities, and countries around...

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A Systems Thinking Approach to Teaching About Climate Change

Cassie Xu and Radhika Iyengar

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Jean Yen-chun Lin on A Spark in the Smokestacks (Apr 17, 2024)

When author Jean Lin initially approached first-time homeowners of newly built gated communities in Beijing regarding their protests against overflowing landfills and waste incinerator construction plans, she believed that her research should focus on mobilization strategies in an authoritarian context....

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Jean Yen-chun Lin on A Spark in the Smokestacks

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Changing the Media Environment to Protect Climate Activists Adrienne Russell (Apr 15, 2024)

Activism serves as an essential channel of communication from the public to policy makers, corporations, and other powerful actors. It is precisely because of its essential role in governance (and even capitalist arrangements, such as so-called voting with your pocketbook)...

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