Defending Truths, Restoring Worlds,
2017
University of North Florida
Defending Truths, Restoring Worlds, Bart H. Welling
The Goose
The "post" in "post-truth" is premature, and also assigns too much importance to Brexit and the victory of Donald Trump in the US. Worst of all, it can foster the impression that people like Brexit voters and Trump supporters are irredeemably exiled in "alternative fact" bubbles beyond the reach of science, rational thought, and common decency. We have to find ways to work productively with these kinds of citizens, instead of merely condemning them, if we want to trigger both a worldwide alternative energy revolution and the revolution in politics and economics that a truly just and sustainable energy transition …
What Rises Above The White Noise: The Possibility Of Hearing Truth In A Post-Truth World,
2017
University of Glasgow
What Rises Above The White Noise: The Possibility Of Hearing Truth In A Post-Truth World, Harriet Fraser, Rob Fraser
The Goose
This installation in a valley in the UK’s Lake District National Park taps into the idea of communication, the problem of apparent fact and post-truth, and which voices are being heard when it comes to standing up for the environment. In consideration of post-truth and the confusion between fact and fiction, particularly with regard to issues about environment, this art installation explores the possibility of clarity in voices that are heard above the white noise of facts, partial truths and information overload. It is a site-specific installation, created around a single tree and a rapidly flowing river in the Lake …
(Another) Battle In The Clouds,
2017
University of Calgary
(Another) Battle In The Clouds, Mél Hogan
The Goose
At age ten, in 1918, Rachel Carson entered a writing contest and won. In "Battle in the Clouds", Carson wrote about the sky as a battlefield, where a soldier’s life is momentarily spared because of an act of bravery undeniable even by his enemies. They watch in awe and admiration rather than shoot. For my reimagining of the present as womb rather than grave, I reflect on the current use of the cloud in “cloud computing” to discuss the role of the internet and its material infrastructures in shaping earthly possibilities. I imagine the pace and place of awe rather …
Reading Speculative Futures In A Post-Truth World,
2017
Concordia University
Reading Speculative Futures In A Post-Truth World, Rachel Webb Jekanowski
The Goose
Faced with the threat of a “post-truth” world and a widening chasm of exchange between climate change deniers and environmentalists, I argue that future-orientated literary and media speculative fictions—which I term “speculative futures”—offer a means of building lines of communication across social and political divisions. This thought piece on “The Environmental Humanities in a Post-Truth World” mediates upon the potentiality of speculative futures as theory, social bridge-building, and pedagogical tool. Speculative fictions (especially those that address environmental justice, and anti-colonial and feminist politics) use storytelling and future imaginaries to challenge political falsehoods and imagine more ecological, de-colonized futures.
Towards Food Service Sustainability In Suburban Environments By Optimally Locating Shared Anaerobic Digester Units,
2017
University of Oklahoma
Towards Food Service Sustainability In Suburban Environments By Optimally Locating Shared Anaerobic Digester Units, Rebecca Loraamm, Joni Downs, Robert Alonso Bair, Daniel Yeh
Suburban Sustainability
Anaerobic digestion is an effective method for reducing food waste at the consumer level. Drawbacks associated with this strategy include high construction costs for multiple digester units and limited public awareness of the method’s commercial potential. Given the large scale problem of food waste, an approach establishing community partnerships between local businesses and primary schools is offered to combat the problem of food waste. Optimizing the placement of shared digester units enabling utilization by multiple stakeholders is the suggested mitigation method. This research explores application of the p-median problem to determine the set of optimal sites for shared anaerobic digester …
The Child To Come: Life After The Human Catastrophe By Rebekah Sheldon,
2017
University of British Columbia
The Child To Come: Life After The Human Catastrophe By Rebekah Sheldon, Nathan Tebokkel
The Goose
Review of Rebekah Sheldon's The Child to Come: Life after the Human Catastrophe.
From The Tundra To The Trenches By Eddy Weetaltuk,
2017
University of Calgary
From The Tundra To The Trenches By Eddy Weetaltuk, Vivian M. Hansen
The Goose
Review of Eddy Weetaltuk's From the Tundra to the Trenches.
Boundary Layer: Exploring The Genius Between Worlds By Kem Luther,
2017
independent scholar
Boundary Layer: Exploring The Genius Between Worlds By Kem Luther, Mary H. Scriver Rev.
The Goose
Review of Kem Luther's Boundary Layer: Exploring the Genius Between Worlds.
Native And Exotic Street Trees: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis In New York City,
2017
CUNY Hunter College
Native And Exotic Street Trees: A Spatio-Temporal Analysis In New York City, Mariana Schroter
Theses and Dissertations
This study looks at the differences in the temporal distribution of urban street native and exotic trees in New York City from 1995 to 2015, attempting to answer the research question: Is there inequity in the distribution of tree population diversity or health, affected by socioeconomic and physical factors, when nested within origin?
Three Poems,
2017
University of Florida
Littoral,
2017
Independent scholar/poet
Three Poems,
2017
Wilfrid Laurier University
Qigong Dancer,
2017
Farleigh Dickinson University
Escargatoire,
2017
University of Alberta
Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay,
2017
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
Singing Meadow: The Adventure Of Creating A Country Home By Peri Phillips Mcquay, Randy Lee Cutler
The Goose
Review of Peri Phillips McQuay's Singing Meadow: The Adventure of Creating a Country Home.
The Once And Future Great Lakes Country: An Ecological History By John L. Riley,
2017
Redeemer University College
The Once And Future Great Lakes Country: An Ecological History By John L. Riley, Deborah C. Bowen
The Goose
Review of John L. Riley's The Once and Future Great Lakes Country: An Ecological History.
Creaturely Love: How Desire Makes Us More And Less Than Human By Dominic Pettman,
2017
Dawson College
Creaturely Love: How Desire Makes Us More And Less Than Human By Dominic Pettman, Gina M. Granter
The Goose
Review of Dominic Pettman's Creaturely Love: How Desire Makes Us More and Less than Human.
Otolith By Emily Nilsen,
2017
none.
Otolith By Emily Nilsen, Christine Lowther
The Goose
Review of Emily Nilsen's Otolith.
Deep Salt Water By Marianne Apostolides,
2017
Wilfrid Laurier University
Deep Salt Water By Marianne Apostolides, Jenna Gersie
The Goose
Review of Marianne Apostolide's Deep Salt Water.
Acoustic Signatures Of Habitat Types In The Miombo Woodlands Of Western Tanzania,
2017
Universidad de Los Andes - Colombia
Acoustic Signatures Of Habitat Types In The Miombo Woodlands Of Western Tanzania, Sheryl Vanessa Amorocho, Dante Francomano, Kristen M. Bellisario, Ben Gottesman, Bryan C. Pijanowski
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Symposium
The Miombo Woodlands of Tanzania comprise several habitat types that are home to a great number of flora and fauna. Understanding their responses to increasing human disturbance is important for conservation, especially in places where people depend so directly on their local ecosystem services to survive. Soundscapes are a powerful approach to study complex biomes undergoing change. The sounds emitted by soniferous fauna characterize the acoustic profile of the landscapes they inhabit such that habitats with the highest acoustic abundance are considered as the most diverse and possibly more ecologically resilient. However, acoustic variability within similar habitat types may pose …
