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Econarratives are all around us, describing and shaping human interactions with other species and the physical environment. This book provides a foundational theory of econarrative, drawing from narratology, human ecology, critical discourse analysis, and ecolinguistics, and offering insights from a rich variety of texts including: Creation myths Indigenous podcasts Ethical leadership speeches Haiku poetry Documentary films New nature writing Advertisements and campaigns Apocalyptic storiesAdopting a global, transdisciplinary approach, it conducts in-depth analysis of specific works, including the Cherokee myth How the ld Was Made, the speeches of Vandana Shiva, Nightwalk by Chris Yates, Naomi Klein''s documentary This Changes Everything, the podcasts of Mohawk seed-keeper Rowen White, the Book of Revelation, and the Dark Mountain Manifesto. Raising awareness of the powerful role that language plays in structuring our lives and society, the book reveals narratological and linguistic features that convey activation, emotion, empathy, identity, placefulness, enchantment, compassion and other key factors that shape interactions with the natural world. If we want real, fundamental change, then we must search for new econarratives to live by.>
About the author
Arran Stibbe is a Professor of Ecological Linguistics at the University of Gloucestershire. Arran has an academic background in both humanities and human ecology, and combines the two in his teaching and research into Education for Sustainability. He has published widely in the area of ecolinguistics and is currently a senior lecturer and University Teaching Fellow. He is also convenor of the Sustainability in Higher Education Developers group, a network of around 200 sustainability educators across the UK.
