Films at the fault line of 'deep' and 'bright' greens in the environmental movement

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2356103
AutoresSelina Gallo-Cruz (College of the Holy Cross), Selina Gallo‐cruz (College of the Holy Cross, autor correspondente)
Ano2021
Volume36
Fascículo5
Páginas745-756
Data de publicação2021-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0268-5809 • E-ISSN: 1461-7242
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/02685809211057482
OpenAlexW3217100940
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas5

In this article, I review two films challenging the technological solutions and assumptions of 'bright green' environmentalism, Planet of the Humans and Bright Green Lies. I explain the ways these films showcase a 'deep green' challenge to what is charged as magical thinking in proposals for renewable energy transition. I summarize how filmmakers explore evidence that calls into question the potential for new forms of industrial expansion to save a biome in crisis. I consider the arguments raised in each film surrounding biological limits to extraction and growth. And I discuss the importance and value of exposing students to strong counter arguments to paradigmatic proposals for energy transition in a way that invokes a critical discussion of knowledge production and application

Aesthetics · Biome · Ecosystem · Environmental ethics · Environmentalism · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Renewable energy · Social science · Sociology · Climate Change Communication and Perception · Computer Science · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature · Law · Philosophy · Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies · Ecology