Resources
A global environmental justice movement: mapping ecological distribution conflicts
By Joan Martínez-Alier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)AbstractAbstract: The industrial economy is not circular, it is entropic, therefore requiring new supplies of energy and materials extracted from the “commodity frontiers”, and …
Environmental conflicts and defenders: A global overview
By Arnim Scheidel, Daniela Del Bene, Juan Liu, Grettel Navas, Sara Mingorría, Federico Demaria, Sofía Avila, Brototi Roy, Irmak Ertör, Leah Temper, Joan Martínez-AlierAbstract.Recent research and policies recognize the importance …
Environmental justice and the SDGs: from synergies to gaps and contradictions
By Mary Menton, Carlos Larrea, Sara Latorre, Joan Martinez-Alier, Mika Peck, Leah Temper & Mariana Walter. AbstractThrough their synergies, trade-offs, and contradictions, the sustainable development goals (SDGs) have the potential …
Learning and Teaching Through the Online Environmental Justice Atlas: From Empowering Activists to Motivating Students
By Mariana Walter, Lena Weber, Leah Temper. AbstractIn this paper we examined how the Environmental Justice Atlas (EJAtlas),1 an online platform that was initially developed to make visible and systematize …
Our Unique Training Opportunities
We offer 3 kinds of training:1. Master in political ecology;This is the first Master of its kind, and one of the first in the world in the flourishing field of …
The Environmental Justice MOOC from the University of East Anglia: Take full advantage of this unique opportunity
This free 5-week online course is open to everyone around the world and usually starts in October. Understand how climate change, biodiversity loss and deforestation affect people, exploring justice in …
Teaching about the EJAtlas in China
See how members from our team (Arnim Scheidel, Grettel Navas and Juan Liu) taught an 8-week course in China about Political Ecology Vea cómo los miembros de nuestro equipo (Arnim Scheidel, Grettel Navas …
Teaching advice from Washington University in St. Louis
Are you a student who is confused about how to begin your study of an environmental conflict? Follow the advice of Fellow Fiona Eckert, and use the Environmental Justice Atlas.
“Garbage is Gold”: Waste-based Commodity Frontiers, Modes of Valorization and Ecological Distribution Conflicts
By Seth Schindler and Federico Demaria Abstract Waste is increasingly viewed as a resource rather than an externality. However, new waste management regimes must be introduced in order for value to be …
Ecological economics and degrowth: Proposing a future research agenda from the margins
By Ksenija Hanaček, Brototi Roy, Sofia Avila, Giorgos Kallis Abstract Research by ecological economists on degrowth is a flourishing field. Existing research has focused on limits to (green) growth and on economic alternatives for prospering without growth. Future research, …
