Mourning Nature : Hope at the Heart of Ecological Loss and Grief

We are facing unprecedented environmental challenges, including global climate change, large-scale industrial development, rapidly increasing species extinction, ocean acidification, and deforestation – challenges that require new vocabularies and new ways to express grief and sorrow over the disappearance, degradation, and loss of nature. Seeking to redress the silence around ecologically based anxiety in academic and public domains, and to extend the concepts of sadness, anger, and loss, Mourning Nature creates a lexicon for the recognition and expression of emotions related to environmental degradation. Exploring the ways in which grief is experienced in numerous contexts, this groundbreaking collection draws on classical, philosophical, artistic, and poetic elements to explain environmental melancholia. Understanding that it is not just how we mourn but what we mourn that defines us, the authors introduce new perspectives on conservation, sustainability, and our relationships with nature. An ecological elegy for a time of climatic and environmental upheaval, Mourning Nature challenges readers to turn devastating events into an opportunity for positive change. Contributors include Glenn Albrecht (Murdoch University, retired); Jessica Marion Barr (Trent University); Sebastian Braun (University of North Dakota); Ashlee Cunsolo (Labrador Institute of Memorial University); Amanda Di Battista (York University); Franklin Ginn (University of Edinburgh); Bernie Krause (soundscape ecologist, author, and independent scholar); Lisa Kretz (University of Evansville); Karen Landman (University of Guelph); Patrick Lane (Poet); Andrew Mark (independent scholar); Nancy Menning (Ithaca College); John Charles Ryan (University of New England); Catriona Sandilands (York University); and Helen Whale (independent scholar). We Are Facing Unprecedented Environmental Challenges, Including Global Climate Change, Large-scale Industrial Development, Rapidly Increasing Species Extinction, Ocean Acidification, And Deforestation--challenges Which Require New Vocabularies And New Ways To Express Grief And Sorrow Over The Disappearance, Degradation, And Loss Of Nature. Seeking To Redress The Silence Around Ecologically-based Anxiety In Academic And Public Domains, And To Extend The Concepts Of Sadness, Anger, And Loss, Mourning Nature Creates A Lexicon For The Recognition And Expression Of Emotions Related To Environmental Degradation. Exploring The Ways In Which Grief Is Experienced In Numerous Contexts, This Groundbreaking Collection Draws On Classical, Philosophical, Artistic, And Poetic Elements To Explain Environmental Melancholia. Understanding That It Is Not Just How We Mourn, But What We Mourn That Defines Us, The Authors Introduce A New Perspective On Politics, Ethics, And Praxis In Conservation, Sustainability, And Connections To And Relationships With Nature. An Ecological Elegy For A Time Of Climatic And Environmental Upheaval, Mourning Nature Challenges Readers To Turn Devastating Events Into An Opportunity For Positive Change.-- Mourning The Loss Of Wild Soundscapes : A Rationale For Context When Experiencing Natural Sound / Bernie Krause -- Environmental Mourning And The Religious Imagination / Nancy Menning -- Mourning Ourselves And/as Our Relatives : Environment As Kinship / Sebastian F. Braun -- In The Absence Of Sparrows / Helen Whale And Franklin Ginn -- Where Have All The Boronia Gone? A Posthumanist Model Of Environmental Mourning / John Charles Ryan -- Losing My Place : Landscapes Of Depression / Catriona Sandilands -- Climate Change As The Work Of Mourning / Ashlee Cunsolo -- Auguries Of Elegy : The Art And Ethics Of Ecological Grieving / Jessica Marion Barr -- Making Loss The Centre : Podcasting Our Environmental Grief / Andrew Mark And Amanda Di Battista -- Emotional Solidarity : Ecological Emotional Outlaws Mourning Environmental Loss And Empowering Positive Change / Lisa Kretz -- Solastalgia And The New Mourning / Glenn Albrecht. Edited By Ashley Cunsolo And Karen Landman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. "We are facing unprecedented environmental challenges, including global climate change, large-scale industrial development, rapidly increasing species extinction, ocean acidification, and deforestation--challenges which require new vocabularies and new ways to express grief and sorrow over the disappearance, degradation, and loss of nature. Seeking to redress the silence around ecologically-based anxiety in academic and public domains, and to extend the concepts of sadness, anger, and loss, Mourning Nature creates a lexicon for the recognition and expression of emotions related to environmental degradation. Exploring the ways in which grief is experienced in numerous contexts, this groundbreaking collection draws on classical, philosophical, artistic, and poetic elements to explain environmental melancholia. Understanding that it is not just how we mourn, but what we mourn that defines us, the authors introduce a new perspective on politics, ethics, and praxis in conservation, sustainability, and connections to and relationships with nature. An ecological elegy for a time of climatic and environmental upheaval, Mourning Nature challenges readers to turn devastating events into an opportunity for positive change."--Page 4 de la couverture Cover 1 Contents 8 Figures 10 Acknowledgments 12 Prologue: She Was Bereft 14 Introduction: To Mourn beyond the Human 26 1 Mourning the Loss of Wild Soundscapes: A Rationale for Context When Experiencing Natural Sound 50 2 Environmental Mourning and the Religious Imagination 62 3 Mourning Ourselves and/as Our Relatives: Environment as Kinship 87 4 In the Absence of Sparrows 115 5 Where Have All the Boronia Gone? A Posthumanist Model of Environmental Mourning 140 6 Losing My Place: Landscapes of Depression 167 7 Climate Change as the Work of Mourning 192 8 Auguries of Elegy: The Art and Ethics of Ecological Grieving 213 9 Making Loss the Centre: Podcasting Our Environmental Grief 250 10 Emotional Solidarity: Ecological Emotional Outlaws Mourning Environmental Loss and Empowering Positive Change 281 11 Solastalgia and the New Mourning 315 Epilogue: The Wild Creatures 339 Contributors 342 Index 350 A 350 B 350 C 351 D 351 E 351 F 351 G 352 H 352 I 352 J 352 K 352 L 352 M 353 N 354 O 354 P 354 R 354 S 354 T 355 U 355 V 355 W 355