Mayor Niall OBrolchain and Liam leonard at the launch of Green Nation, Oct. 2006- NUIG.
Galway's Green Mayor launches the book Green Nation with author Liam leonard at the Environmental Change Institute, NUI Galway, October 2006.
Friday, October 20, 2006
Irish Greenhouse Press is relaunching its webpage today, Friday the 20th October 2006. Both books in the Ecopolitics Series are available from www.choicepublishing.ie or from www.amazon.co.uk.
The Ecopolitics Series on Irish Greenhouse Press , by Dr. Liam Leonard of NUI Galway are:
Green Nation:the Irish Environmental Movement from Carnsore Point to the Rossport 5
Politics Inflamed: GSE & the Campaign Against Incineration in Ireland
Ecopolitics Online Journal Vol 1. No 2. Autumn/Winter 2008 available from www.ecopoliticsonline.comEcopolitics Online Journal Vol 1. No 2. Autumn/Winter 2008 ISSN 2009-0315 Contents:1. Ecofeminism and a politics of performative affinity: direct action, subaltern voices, and thegreen public sphere............................ Chaone Mallory 2-112. Transition Towns: ‘Survival’, ‘Resilience’ and Sustainable Communities: Outline of a Research Agenda .........John Barry and Stephen Quilley 12-313. Environmental Exploitation: An analysis and taxonomy.....................................Gerald Nagtzaam 32 - 424. Return to the Villages........................ Mark Somma 43-595. Green Ireland? Waste in its Social Context................................ G. Honor Fagan and Michael Murray 60-73The Dilemma of Justice: Foreign Oil Multinationals and Human rights violation in the NigerDelta of Nigeria. .............................Victor Ojakorotu 74-966. Commentary: ‘The Irish Green Party and the Referendum for the EU Reform Treaty ofLisbon’ ..............................................Liam Leonard 97- 987. Commentary: ‘A Letter from Bali’ J. Timmons Roberts, with an Introduction on the Bali Conference by Peter Doran....................................................................99-1008. Book Reviews....................................................100-103 Posted by Liam Leonard at
______________________________________ Ecopolitics Online Journal Volume 1 No. 1 Autumn/Winter 2007 Utopias, Ecotopias and Green communities: Exploring the Activism, Settlements and Living Patterns of Green Idealists ______________________________________ Contents: Articles: 1. Lucy Sargisson: ‘Imperfect Utopias: Green Intentional Communities’ ……………………………………1 - 24 2. Marius De Geus: ‘Towards an Ecological Art of Living: On the Value of Ecological Utopias for our Future’…………………………………………… 25- 49 3. Peter North: ‘Alternative Currencies as Localised Utopias’…………...................................…. 50- 64 4. Jon Anderson: ‘Elusive Escapes: Everyday Life and Ecotopias’………………………………………. 64- 82 5. John Barry: ‘Towards a Concrete Utopian Model of Green Political Economy: From Economic Growth and Ecological Modernisation to Economic Security’ ……………………………………………………. 83- 104 6. Liam Leonard: ‘Sustaining Ecotopias: Identity, Activism and Place’ …………………………………....... 105- 122 7. Laurence Cox: ‘Building Utopia Here and Now’ ………....................................……………….123- 132 Conference Papers: 8. Mark Garavan: ‘Trying to make sense: Campaigns and the structure of discursive opportunities’. Paper from the 4th Ralahine Utopian Workshop, November 2 2007 …………………………………………………………….133- 137 Book Reviews: 10. Michael Ewing: Review: Power to the People? Assessing Democracy in Ireland TASC at New Island (2007) …………………………………….............................…… 138 11. Liam Leonard: Review of Social Movements and Ireland by Linda Connolly and Niamh Hourigan (Eds) (2006) Manchester University Press……….......................................….. 139