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Resilience: an all-encompassing solution to global problems? A biopolitical analysis of resilience in the policies of EC, FEMA, UNDP, USAID, WB, and WEF [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This thesis examines the use of resilience in international policy-making. A concept that originally meant an ability of ecosystems to absorb disturbance has not only been welcomed in many disciplines outside ecology, but lately become popular in the ...
Jakola, Iiris
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The Changing Face of Economics? Ethical Issues in Contemporary Economic Schools as a Consequence of Changes in the Concept of Human Nature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The last financial crisis combined with some recent social trends (like growing inequality or environmental problems) inspired many contemporary economists to the re-evaluation of actual economic knowledge in the search for solutions to these problems.
Horodecka, Anna
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Ecological Discourse Analysis from the Perspective of Systemic Functional Linguistics

open access: yesDEStech Transactions on Social Science, Education and Human Science, 2020
Ecological discourse analysis is an important field in the study of ecolinguistics, which attempts to reveal the relation between human beings and the ecosystem through discourse analysis within an ecological framework. The view of language in systemic functional linguistics provides theoretical perspectives for ecological discourse analysis.
JUAN SONG, MIN TANG
openaire   +2 more sources

Understanding bio‐based polymers: A study of origins, properties, biodegradation and their impact on health and the environment

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
This review provides an overview of bio‐based polymer sources, their unique functional properties and their environmental impact, and addresses their role as sustainable alternatives. It discusses end‐of‐life options, including composting and anaerobic digestion for renewable energy.
Sabina Kolbl Repinc   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Ambivalent or beneficial? An ecological discourse analysis of news reports on the adventures of China’s wandering elephants

open access: yesJournal of World Languages
Based on the ecosophy of “diversity and harmony, interaction and co-existence”, the present study analyzes the characteristics of the attitude system of news reports on the adventures of China’s wandering elephants in China Daily to investigate whether ...
Zhang Jianxin, Cheng Lulu
doaj   +1 more source

Ecolinguistics analysis of environmental content in English and German language textbooks

open access: yesStudies in English Language and Education
Extensive research has been conducted on environmental integration within textbooks linguistically, visually, or statistically. However, comparative analysis involving examining multiple language textbooks has been relatively underutilized in the ...
Wening Sahayu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Down-to-earth economy: the discursive contribution of sustainable consumption and production debate [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is a topical concept as national SCP programmes have been drafted by several countries around Europe. This discourse analysis, based on interviews with Finnish SCP committee members, suggests that sustainable ...
Berg, Annukka
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Deep Ecology and Language: The Curtailed Journey of the Atlantic Salmon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This article explores the representation of fish in ecological discourse through analysis of the recently published Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA. 2005) synthesis report. The analysis utilizes an ecological framework based on "deep ecology" (Naess,
Stibbe, Arran
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BMI‐1 modulation and trafficking during M phase in diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
The schematic illustrates BMI‐1 phosphorylation during M phase, which triggers its translocation from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In cycling cells, BMI‐1 functions within the PRC1 complex to mediate H2A K119 monoubiquitination. Following PTC596‐induced M phase arrest, phosphorylated BMI‐1 dissociates from PRC1 and is exported to the cytoplasm via its
Banlanjo Umaru   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Surveying ecolinguistics

open access: yesJournal of World Languages
This article presents a comprehensive and detailed survey of ecolinguistics, defined as an enterprise oriented to how language plays a role in the interactions between human beings, other species, and the natural environment.
Steffensen Sune Vork
doaj   +1 more source

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