1st Edition
Animals and the Environment Advocacy, activism, and the quest for common ground
Introduction
Lisa Kemmerer
Part 1: Establishing and Exploring Common Ground
A. Foundations: Theoretical Connections
Poem: The Pika and the Desert Boot
Randall Gloege
1. Conflict and Accord: A Critical Review of Relations between Earth and Animal Advocacy
Lisa Kemmerer and Daniel Kirjner
2. Beyond Intersectionality to Total Liberation
Carol L. Glasser
3. Earthlings Seeking Justice: Integrity, Consistency, and Collaboration
Carrie P. Freeman
4. Caring for Earth and Her Creatures
Josephine Donovan
B. Common Ground: Wildlife an Wilderness
Poem: Bison Sculptures
Cara Chamberlain
5. Activism and Asian Wisdom: Oneness, Interdependence, Harmony
Lisa Kemmerer
6. Hunting Delusions
Lisa Kemmerer
7. Essential Elements for Elephants: Problems and Solutions
Valerie J. Chalcraft
8. Trapped: Individuals, Species, and Ecosystems at Risk
Lisa Kemmerer and Anja Heister
9. Seeing is Believing: Nature Films in a Patriarchal Culture
Melanie J. Martin
C. Common Ground: Dietary Choice
Poem: The Cicada Killer
Bernard Quetchenbach
10. So You Want to Stop Devouring Ecosystems? Do the Math!
John M. Halley
11. A Fishy Business
Lisa Kemmerer and Bethany Dopp
12. Farm Gone Factory: Industrial Animal Agriculture, Animal Welfare, and the Environment
Chris Hunt
13. Eating Ecosystems
Lisa Kemmerer
D. Common Ground: Raising Questions, Pondering Connections
Poem: Laridae
Cara Chamberlain
14. The Many and the One
Randall Gloege
15. A Better Balance for Wildlife: Conservation Research and Animal Activism
Jon E. Swenson
16. Plague
Bernard Quetchenbach
17. The Morning of the World
Cara Chamberlain
Part 2: Politics, Organized Activism, and Personal Encounters
A: Foundations: Community and Politics
Poem: Breathtaking Bit of Being
Lisa Kemmerer
18. Enforcing Human Rights for People, Animals, and the Planet
Debra Erenberg
19. Recipe for Cooperation: Omniocracy and the Definitional Good
Charlotte Laws
20. Deeper than Numbers: Consumers, Cows, and Condoms
Lisa Kemmerer, Daniel Kirjner, Jennifer Gross and Nathan Baillet
B. Bringing Change: Activists and NGOs
Poem: An Absurd Design
Randall Gloege
21. Hunting for a Trophy Hunting Ethic: Big Bears and Little Men (with Big Guns)
Chris Darimont, Chris Genovali, Christina Service and Paul Paquet
22. Camp Uganda
Haida Bolton
23. Preserving Earth is Protecting Animals
Phaik Kee Lim
C. Bringing Change: Personal Encounters and Reflections
Poem: Goldeneye, Vole
Tami Haaland
24. Keeping Caged Animals, Keepings Secrets: Working as a Zoo Keeper
Bethany Dopp
25. Intersections: Activism and the Natural Sciences
Xylem T. Galadhon
26. Ecology, Food and Holistic Politics
Deric Shannon
Biography
Professor Emeritus Dr. Lisa Kemmerer worked in academia for 20 years at Montana State University. Internationally known for her engaging presentations and groundbreaking publications she is the founder and director of the information-sharing non-profit Tapestry, which envisions a world where all living beings and the earth itself are treated with care, dignity, and respect. Kemmerer’s ongoing, long legacy of research and writing focuses on animal ethics, environment ethics, and intersectional oppressions.
