Charlotte Werndl (LSE): On Defining Climate and Climate Change. A study suggests humans have made most of the planet’s ecosystems “unsafe”. From Boston Review, a forum on the New Nature: It is impossible to divorce nature from human influence — can that influence be democratic? The unnatural kingdom: If technology helps us save the wilderness, will the wilderness still be wild? A wild way to save the planet: Jedediah Purdy reviews Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson (and more). Could we set aside half the Earth for nature? Renowned biologist E.O. Wilson wants to set aside half of the planet as protected areas for nature. Bron Taylor (Florida): The Sacred, Reverence for Life, and Environmental Ethics in America. In New Zealand, lands and rivers can be people (legally speaking). Rebecca Jarvis reviews The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Political Theory, ed. Teena Gabrielson, Cheryl Hall, John M. Meyer and David Schlosberg.
