In this paper, we explore opportunities for green computing, drawing on our ethnographic study of 35 green households in the United States. We begin by discussing recent shifts in Western environmentalism and the growth of green consumerism. We then explore green social networking processes and how these relate to perceptions of corporations, openness to new technological solutions, and our par...

Many may be surprised by the juxtaposition of religion and sustainability in the title of this book. However, since the late 1980s, basic and applied research has increasingly attended to the relationship between religion and ecology, including the relevance of religion for sustainability as well as for the related arenas of environmentalism and conservation (e.g., Dudley, et al., eds., 2005, a...

This article explores the challenges faced by working-class environmentalism through case study of industrial decline Porto Marghera’s petrochemical complex, in Venice, Italy. It argues that there is a class dimension environmentalist struggles both workplaces and communities. Workplace-centred are conflicts over conditions under which workers produce commodities or reproduce labour-power, whil...

This essay introduces the special issue of Australian Feminist Studies on ‘Climate Change, Gender, and Authoritarianism: Entanglements Anti-Feminism Anti-Environmentalism in Far-Right’. Starting from hypothesis that anti-feminism functions as a metalanguage far-right’s fight against liberal democracy well social environmental justice, this explores how anti-environmentalism merge inform one ano...

Modern environmentalism originates with the recognition of ecological connectivity and the negative effects of technological intervention. This paper examines critical concepts developed by the architect Frederick Kiesler and the critic-historian Siegfried Giedion for their relevance to that discourse. Kiesler’s principle of Correalism and Gieidon’s appeal for Equipoise offer both a prehistory ...

The ubiquitous use of artworks (e.g., paintings, music, films) in environmental activism has been shown to trigger specific cognitive processes as well changes personal values and behaviours. There is less understanding whether (or how) gender-differentiated claims gender-transformative initiatives are voiced promoted through art cultural expressions. Using network analysis, this paper comprehe...