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Download Standard The Vol 2 No 2 2019 Ecological ISSN 2515-1967 A peer-reviewed journal Citizen www.ecologicalcitizen.net CONFRONTING HUMAN SUPREMACY IN DEFENCE OF THE EARTH IN THIS ISSUE Saving wild rivers The ‘why’ and ‘how’ Pages 131 and 173 The case against ‘enlightened inaction’ Applying lessons from Henry David Thoreau Page 163 AN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL No article access fees | No publication charges | No financial affiliations About the Journal www.ecologicalcitizen.net The An ecocentric, peer-reviewed, Ecological free-to-access journal EC Citizen ISSN 2515-1967 Cover photo Aims Copyright A protest against damming of 1 Advancing ecological knowledge The copyright of the content belongs to the Vjosa on the river’s banks 2 Championing Earth-centred action the authors, artists and photographers, near Qeserat, Albania. 3 Inspiring ecocentric citizenship unless otherwise stated. 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In this, the fourth We also explore, in this issue, ocean- About the authors issue of The Ecological Citizen, we bring you related matters. In a special feature (pages Joe is a field naturalist a collection of articles, poetry and artworks 153–4), Captain Paul Watson reflects on based in St Albans, UK. Ian on this subject, as well as a number of other the achievements of Sea Shepherd. We also is a field naturalist who pieces not specifically related to water. have a photo feature from Caroline Power lives in Ottawa, ON, Canada. Much of the aquatically themed content on plastics and other waste in the sea. We Joe and Ian are Associate focuses on freshwater, and, in particular, plan to return soon to the ocean, including Editors of the Journal. rivers. John Piccolo and his co-authors, in the looming threat of deep sea mining, an article starting on page 173, explore the with articles being in the works for our next Citation guidance that ecocentrism offers on the issue and an upcoming special supplement Gray J and Whyte I (2019) trade-off
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