Looking within : : finding an environmental justice and global citizenship lens / / Karen Druffel.

• VerfasserIn: Druffel, Karen,
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford, England : : Inter-Disciplinary Press,, [2013]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Can we adopt human rights concepts, long used to frame problems of social justice, to define environmental justice? Can existing social institutions provide models and tools for achieving environmental justice? This volume views old models of agency through new lenses and examines how several social institutions, such as law, education and health care, address specific environmental problems. The volume presents arguments for human obligations towards the environment and future generations. Scholars assess the limitations of existing models and others point to recent failures in protecting the interests of indigenous groups or species. And on a hopeful note, examples are given of institutions that promise some success in effecting environmental goals. As this discussion of citizenship suggests, much like environmental justice, a global context both in definition and application is required.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Kantian Virtue and the Excessive Demands Problem in Environmental Justice / Bradford S. Hadaway -- Is Environmental Justice Possible within the Framework of Liberalism? / George N. Politis -- The Precautionary Principle, Libertarianism and Paternalism / Mark Ryan -- American Stewardship: A Path Already Laid / Colin W. Maguire -- Battle with Habitat: The Natural Contract and Vital Materiality Take a Walk with Environmental Peacebuilding through the Wadi Fukin Valley / Bronwyn Lay -- An Ecological Theory of Justice / Jorge M. Valadez -- Environmental Justice for Unregarded Others: Human Responsibility for a Forgotten Kingdom in World Conservation and Agriculture / Alison Pouliot -- Old Problem, New Solution: Protection of Environments Critical to Indigenous Cultures through International Human Rights Law / John Pearson -- Environmental Justice for Indigenous People in the Post-Pinochet Chile / Rodrigo Céspedes -- While We Are Talking about Environmental Justice, Let’s Give Children a Voice / Peter Andersen -- Educating for Interdisciplinary Response to Environmental Issues / Thomas Matyók and Cathryne L. Schmitz -- Green Friends: A Look at US Business Use of Social Media to Communicate Environmental Responsibility / Karen Druffel and T. Bridgett Perry-Galvin -- Promoting Health, Social and Environmental Justice in the Context of Health Care Practice / Rebecca Patrick and Teresa Capetola -- Corruption, Deforestation and Environmental Injustice: The Case of Indonesia / Fiona Downs and Luca Tacconi -- Environmental Injustice, Socio-Economic Injustice and the Crises in the Niger-Delta Region of Nigeria: The Roles of Multinational Oil Corporations, Government and Global Citizens / Adebola Babatunde Ekanola -- Environmental Justice under Our Skin? Socio-Stratifying Human Biomonitoring Results of Adolescents Living Near an Industrial Hotspot in Flanders, Belgium / Bert Morrens , Liesbeth Bruckers , Ilse Loots , Elly Den Hond , Vera Nelen , Nik Van Larebeke , Isabelle Sioen , Greet Schoeters and Willy Baeyens -- The Climate Change Issue: Beyond the ‘True’ or ‘Not True’ / Ingrid M. Hoofd -- The Case for Algae Biofuels: A Comparative Study of the Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability Impacts of Biofuel Use in Air Transportation Using a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Approach / Hossain Seraj and Philip R. Walsh -- The Maurice Ile Durable (MID) Concept: Sustainability for Small Island State / Mohammad Khalil Elahee -- The Position of National Minorities Perceived through the Authorisations of the Local Ombudsman in Republic of Serbia / Aleksandar Grujić and Ozren Uzelac.