Saturday, September 24, 2022

Happy Feet Two as Enviro-Toon

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  Happy Feet Two meets the criteria of the Enviro-Toon well. It shows us scenes of Ramon (Robin Williams) struggling to escape an oil spil...
Saturday, September 17, 2022

Addressing Everyday Eco-Disasters in Happy Feet Two

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    For us, despite the film’s weaknesses,  Happy Feet Two  embraces a broader environmental message than that found in the original  Happy ...
Saturday, September 10, 2022

Illustrating Everyday Eco-Disasters in Film

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  Recent documentaries and feature films explore and argue against everyday eco-disasters. With explorations of films as diverse as Dead Ahe...
Saturday, September 3, 2022

Negative Externalities and Fair Vs. Wise Use

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  Gasland  (2010) documents multiple ways natural gas drilling causes negative externalities, threatening upper water supplies in the Delawa...
Saturday, August 27, 2022

Negative Exteranalities in Documentaries

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  The term “externality” comes from economics and refers to “an economic choice or action by one actor that affects the welfare of others wh...
Saturday, August 20, 2022

The Rhetoric of the Eco-Documentary

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  Although many would argue that all texts, including documentaries, are inherently rhetorical, since they address an audience from a partic...
Saturday, August 13, 2022

Human Ecology and Self-Sufficiency Standard

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  For a working adult in Illinois, an hourly wage of at least $8.57/hour was necessary in 2002 to earn the $1508 per month (with 176 hours ...