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The Environment on Stage: Scenery or Shapeshifter? investigates a
pertinent voice of theatrical performance within the production and
reception of ecotheatre. Theatre ecologies, unavoidably enmeshed in
the environment, describe the system of sometimes perverse feedback
loops running through theatrical events, productions, performances
and installations. This volume applies an ecoaware spectatorial
lens to explore live theatre as a living ecosystem in a literal
sense. The vibrant chemistry between production and reception, and
the spiralling ideas and emotions this generates in some
conditions, are unavoidably driven by flows of matter and energy,
thus, by the natural environment, even when human perspectives seem
to dominate. The Environment on Stage is an intentionally eclectic
mix of observation, close reading and qualitative research,
undertaken with the aim of exploring ecocritical ideas embedded in
ecotheatre from a range of perspectives. Individual chapters
identify productions, performances and installations in which the
environment is palpably present on stage, as it is in natural
disasters such as floods, storms, famine, conflict and climate
change. These themes and others are explored in the context of
site-specificity, subversive spectators, frugal modes of narrative,
the shifting 'stuff' of theatre productions, and imaginative
substitutions. Ecotheatre is nothing less than vibrant matter that
lets the environment speak for itself
Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book
addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a
simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch.
Financially, consumers are less able to consume now, and pay later.
Environmentally, we may have already reached our credit limit and
the bill for past financial and environmental consumption is
falling due. Whether the financial credit crunch constrains
consumers in a way that will be environmentally supportive,
naturally slowing the consumption of finite resources, or hinders
any effective resolution of the environmental credit crunch is of
crucial importance. Policy responses to the financial crisis are
likely to be constrained by the political need to support the
economic status quo, and when combined with a global reduction in
available investment capital there are serious challenges ahead if
the economic and environmental damage of the environmental credit
crunch is to be minimised. This book asks whether financial
crunch-induced changes in consumer behaviour will be enough to
avoid, or reduce, the environmental crunch many believe is just
round the corner. Donovan and Hudson combine their respective
economic and environmental perspectives to address this key
question, reviewing this 'tale of two crunches' from the
perspective of different economic sectors. The answer to the
conundrum this book poses may lie in the only unlimited resource on
the planet - human ingenuity.
Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book
addresses the twin crises that the world is facing in the form of a
simultaneous financial and environmental credit crunch.
Financially, consumers are less able to consume now, and pay later.
Environmentally, we may have already reached our credit limit and
the bill for past financial and environmental consumption is
falling due. Whether the financial credit crunch constrains
consumers in a way that will be environmentally supportive,
naturally slowing the consumption of finite resources, or hinders
any effective resolution of the environmental credit crunch is of
crucial importance. Policy responses to the financial crisis are
likely to be constrained by the political need to support the
economic status quo, and when combined with a global reduction in
available investment capital there are serious challenges ahead if
the economic and environmental damage of the environmental credit
crunch is to be minimised. This book asks whether financial
crunch-induced changes in consumer behaviour will be enough to
avoid, or reduce, the environmental crunch many believe is just
round the corner. Donovan and Hudson combine their respective
economic and environmental perspectives to address this key
question, reviewing this 'tale of two crunches' from the
perspective of different economic sectors. The answer to the
conundrum this book poses may lie in the only unlimited resource on
the planet - human ingenuity.
The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging
from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly
into the importance of food spending. This is certainly true from
the perspective of food prices in the short run, but also from the
perspective of sustainability and reducing the impact of the
environmental credit crunch. The economic changes we experience now
have a bearing on our ability to manage the environmental credit
crunch that looms. Food Policy and the Environmental Credit Crunch:
From Soup to Nuts elaborates on the issues addressed in the
authors' first book, From Red to Green?,and asks whether the
financial credit crunch could ameliorate or exacerbate the emergent
environmental credit crunch. The conclusion drawn here is that a
significant and positive difference could be made by changing some
of the ways in which we procure, prepare, and consume our food.
Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book
addresses the economic and environmental implications of how we
treat food. The book examines each aspect of the 'food chain', from
agriculture, to production and processing, retail, preparation,
consumption and waste.
The changing economic environment for the consumer that is emerging
from the wreckage of the financial credit crunch plays directly
into the importance of food spending. This is certainly true from
the perspective of food prices in the short run, but also from the
perspective of sustainability and reducing the impact of the
environmental credit crunch. The economic changes we experience now
have a bearing on our ability to manage the environmental credit
crunch that looms. Food Policy and the Environmental Credit Crunch:
From Soup to Nuts elaborates on the issues addressed in the
authors' first book, From Red to Green?,and asks whether the
financial credit crunch could ameliorate or exacerbate the emergent
environmental credit crunch. The conclusion drawn here is that a
significant and positive difference could be made by changing some
of the ways in which we procure, prepare, and consume our food.
Written by an economist and an investment professional, this book
addresses the economic and environmental implications of how we
treat food. The book examines each aspect of the 'food chain', from
agriculture, to production and processing, retail, preparation,
consumption and waste.
DDP is an attachment-focused treatment for children and adolescents
who experience abuse and neglect and who are now living in stable
foster and adoptive families. Its central interventions are
influenced by enhanced knowledge about the structure and functions
of the brain, as well as the latest findings regarding
developmental trauma and the related attachment problems it brings.
The Environment on Stage: Scenery or Shapeshifter? investigates a
pertinent voice of theatrical performance within the production and
reception of ecotheatre. Theatre ecologies, unavoidably enmeshed in
the environment, describe the system of sometimes perverse feedback
loops running through theatrical events, productions, performances
and installations. This volume applies an ecoaware spectatorial
lens to explore live theatre as a living ecosystem in a literal
sense. The vibrant chemistry between production and reception, and
the spiralling ideas and emotions this generates in some
conditions, are unavoidably driven by flows of matter and energy,
thus, by the natural environment, even when human perspectives seem
to dominate. The Environment on Stage is an intentionally eclectic
mix of observation, close reading and qualitative research,
undertaken with the aim of exploring ecocritical ideas embedded in
ecotheatre from a range of perspectives. Individual chapters
identify productions, performances and installations in which the
environment is palpably present on stage, as it is in natural
disasters such as floods, storms, famine, conflict and climate
change. These themes and others are explored in the context of
site-specificity, subversive spectators, frugal modes of narrative,
the shifting 'stuff' of theatre productions, and imaginative
substitutions. Ecotheatre is nothing less than vibrant matter that
lets the environment speak for itself
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