Animals and the Environment: Advocacy, Activism, and the Quest for Common Ground

ISBN-13: 9781138825871 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 364 str.

Lisa Kemmerer

Opis

Contemporary Earth and animal activists rarely collaborate, perhaps because environmentalists focus on species and ecosystems, while animal advocates look to the individual, and neither seems to have much respect for the other. This diverse collection of essays highlights common ground between earth and animal advocates, most notably the protection of wildlife and personal dietary choice. If earth and animal advocates move beyond philosophical differences and resultant divergent priorities, turning attention to shared goals, both will be more effective - and both animals and the environment will benefit. Given the undeniable seriousness of the environmental problems that we face, including climate change and species extinction, it is essential that activists join forces. Drawing on a wide range of issues and disciplines, ranging from wildlife management, hunting, and the work of NGOs to ethics, ecofeminism, religion and animal welfare, this volume provides a stimulating collection of ideas and challenges for anyone else who cares about the environment or animals.

Spis treści

Introduction  Lisa Kemmerer  Part 1: Establishing and Exploring Common Ground  A. Foundations: Theoretical Connections  Poem: The Pika and the Desert Boot  Randall Gloege  1. Conflict and Accord: A Critical Review of Relations between Earth and Animal Advocacy  Lisa Kemmerer and Daniel Kirjner  2. Beyond Intersectionality to Total Liberation  Carol L. Glasser  3. Earthlings Seeking Justice: Integrity, Consistency, and Collaboration  Carrie P. Freeman  4. Caring for Earth and Her Creatures  Josephine Donovan  B. Common Ground: Wildlife an Wilderness  Poem: Bison Sculptures  Cara Chamberlain  5. Activism and Asian Wisdom: Oneness, Interdependence, Harmony  Lisa Kemmerer  6. Hunting Delusions  Lisa Kemmerer  7. Essential Elements for Elephants: Problems and Solutions  Valerie J. Chalcraft  8. Trapped: Individuals, Species, and Ecosystems at Risk  Lisa Kemmerer and Anja Heister  9. Seeing is Believing: Nature Films in a Patriarchal Culture  Melanie J. Martin  C. Common Ground: Dietary Choice  Poem: The Cicada Killer  Bernard Quetchenbach  10. So You Want to Stop Devouring Ecosystems? Do the Math!  John M. Halley  11. A Fishy Business  Lisa Kemmerer and Bethany Dopp  12. Farm Gone Factory: Industrial Animal Agriculture, Animal Welfare, and the Environment  Chris Hunt  13. Eating Ecosystems  Lisa Kemmerer  D. Common Ground: Raising Questions, Pondering Connections  Poem: Laridae  Cara Chamberlain  14. The Many and the One  Randall Gloege  15. A Better Balance for Wildlife: Conservation Research and Animal Activism  Jon E. Swenson  16. Plague  Bernard Quetchenbach  17. The Morning of the World  Cara Chamberlain  Part 2: Politics, Organized Activism, and Personal Encounters  A: Foundations: Community and Politics  Poem: Breathtaking Bit of Being  Lisa Kemmerer  18. Enforcing Human Rights for People, Animals, and the Planet  Debra Erenberg  19. Recipe for Cooperation: Omniocracy and the Definitional Good  Charlotte Laws  20. Deeper than Numbers: Consumers, Cows, and Condoms  Lisa Kemmerer, Daniel Kirjner, Jennifer Gross and Nathan Baillet  B. Bringing Change: Activists and NGOs  Poem: An Absurd Design  Randall Gloege  21. Hunting for a Trophy Hunting Ethic: Big Bears and Little Men (with Big Guns)  Chris Darimont, Chris Genovali, Christina Service and Paul Paquet  22. Camp Uganda  Haida Bolton  23. Preserving Earth is Protecting Animals  Phaik Kee Lim  C. Bringing Change: Personal Encounters and Reflections  Poem: Goldeneye, Vole  Tami Haaland  24. Keeping Caged Animals, Keepings Secrets: Working as a Zoo Keeper  Bethany Dopp  25. Intersections: Activism and the Natural Sciences  Xylem T. Galadhon  26. Ecology, Food and Holistic Politics  Deric Shannon

O autorze

Lisa Kemmerer is Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Montana State University, Billings, USA. She is the author or editor of a number of books on animal ethics, ecofeminism, animals and religion, and the environment.