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What does it mean to plant a tree (or a trillion)?

Posted in Climate change, Eco-culture, Eco-theory, tagged , , , , , , , on July 20, 2022 | Leave a Comment »

Here, for instance, in Brazil’s Parque Nacional da Chapada dos Veadeiros? Zach St. George’s New York Times article “Can Planting a Trillion New Trees Save the World?” is an excellent overview of the reality of tree planting versus the ideal of it. Among the reality-checks:

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The information coup

Posted in Media ecology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 31, 2021 | 1 Comment »

Shoshana Zuboff’s analysis of “The Coup We Are Not Talking About,” published in today’s Sunday New York Times, is an essential follow-up to her book Surveillance Capitalism, applying that book’s analysis to the situation we are living through. This other coup is the “epistemic coup” which, she writes, “proceeds in four stages”:

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An average (pandemic-era, pre-election) Sunday

Posted in Media ecology, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on October 26, 2020 | Leave a Comment »

I’ve begun posting updates on media coverage related to the U.S. presidential election (and related issues, such as social media disinformation) on my blog e2mc, which I’ve restarted to accompany my course “Media Ecologies and Cultural Politics.” Here is the latest post, which summarizes some key stories from yesterday’s Sunday New York Times. I may […]

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Offsetting the New York Times

Posted in Eco-culture, Media ecology, tagged , , , , on October 26, 2016 | 2 Comments »

A friend shared a post about a seemingly unbelievable “opportunity” for the world’s ultra-rich — to “circle the globe on an inspiring and informative journey by private jet, created by The New York Times in collaboration with luxury travel pioneers Abercrombie & Kent.” On this 26-day itinerary, you’d be taken “beneath the surface of some […]

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