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Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials, Minerals and Environment (RAMM2022)Aggregated Book

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 5th International Conference on Materials and Metallurgical Engineering and Technology 2022 (ICOMMET 2022)Aggregated Book

Sustainability initiatives continue to impact every facet of our lives from economics to the environment. This book works to provide insight and innovation, delving into the vital intersections of technology, finance, policy, and more to chart a course towards a sustainable future. Through a comprehensive exploration of diverse domains, this book tackles the urgent need to refine current practices and embrace sustainable solutions compared to business as usual. With a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, this book serves as a catalyst for change, offering professionals, researchers, and students a roadmap for sustainable development. From artificial intelligence (AI) innovations for environmental solutions to ethical consumption and circular economy strategies, each chapter provides invaluable insights tailored to specific fields. By bridging the gap between theory and practice, Exploring Pillars of Sustainability for Modern Age Improvements empowers scholars to drive meaningful progress in their respective industries and become informed advocates for sustainability. By addressing the complex challenges of sustainability head-on, this book equips academic scholars with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate the complexities of the modern age. Through a forward-looking lens, it illuminates the transformative potential of sustainable practices, offering a vision of a future where economic prosperity, social equity, and environmental stewardship harmoniously coexist. As we stand at the precipice of change, Exploring Pillars of Sustainability for Modern Age Improvements serves as a guidepost for shaping a more sustainable and equitable world for generations to come.

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 1st Africa International Conference on Clean Energy and Energy Storage (AICCEES)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 1st Africa International Conference on Clean Energy and Energy Storage (AICCEES), November 23-24, 2023, Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 4th International Seminar on Fundamental and Application of Chemical Engineering (ISFAChE 2022)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 4th International Seminar on Fundamental and Application of Chemical Engineering (ISFAChE 2022), October 26-27, 2022, Surabaya, Indonesia (virtual)

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 22nd AUTEX World Textile Conference (AUTEX 2023)Aggregated Book

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 8th International Conference on Applied Engineering, Materials and Mechanics (ICAEMM 2023)Aggregated Book

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 4th International Seminar on Fundamental and Application of Chemical Engineering (ISFAChE 2022)Aggregated Book

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The 72nd volume of the journal is dedicated to actual issues and engineering decisions in corrosion protection, research and design in mechanical engineering, power electronics, investigations of green building materials properties, geological research and comparison of two modelling methodologies in flood risk assessment. The presented research results and engineering solutions will be useful to a wide range of specialists in the mentioned fields of engineering science.

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the International Scientific Applied Conference'Problems of Emergency Situations'(PES 2024)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the International Scientific Applied Conference'Problems of Emergency Situations'(PES 2024), May 16, 2024, Kharkiv, Ukraine

The 52nd volume of the journal presents research results and engineering solutions in green building materials, modelling and calculations by structural mechanics approaches of embankment dams, cantilever retaining walls and assessment of the hygrothermal performance of bioclimatic innovative constructions for onion bulb preservation. This publication also presents the investigation of the effectiveness of some polymer polyacrylamide-based flocculants in the process of extraction of the metal and scale particles formed in the working electroerosive machining fluids, discusses the net-zero initiative for coal-fired power plants in Southern African Development Community in perspective to 2050 and explores the creation of a simulator for addressing the problem of predicting the response of Nigeria's Kainji Hydro Power Plant to system load variations and determining parameters for stable operation. The volume will be useful to engineers in construction, machinery, power engineering and ecological safety.

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 2nd International Scientific-Practical Conference'Machine Building and Energy: New Concepts and Technologies'(MBENCT 2023)Aggregated Book

The 69th volume of the journal includes articles dedicated to the latest research results in properties and processing technologies of structural materials such as steel, polymers, and composites, analysis and design of sliding mode controllers and automation of centrifugal pumps, designing of geothermal heat exchangers, investigation of seismic behaviour of soil-based structure and analysis mechanics of river's sediments transfer in conditions of Wadi Skhirate, Morocco. The issue will be useful to specialists in mechanical engineering and construction.

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Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the International Conference on Functional Materials for Energy and Manufacturing (ICFMEM2023)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the International Conference on Functional Materials for Energy and Manufacturing (ICFMEM2023), July 26, 2023, Kancheepuram, India

The 51st volume of the journal contains articles representing the latest research results in electrospinning and additive manufacturing technologies with the use and production of biodegradable polymer materials for wide applications, mining wastewater treatment and processing sludge from water treatment. This publication presents also the numerical investigation of methods for the settlement reduction of a light-weight highway embankment on soft soils, the study of the dynamic behaviour of a distributed static synchronous compensator installed in a distribution network, the design of a pantograph for railway overhead power lines, and results of experimental investigation performances of diesel generator fueled by biodiesel. This volume will be helpful to many engineers in the chemical industry, geotechnics, machinery and power engineering.

El intérprete actual debe ser capaz de adaptarse a los entornos de trabajo remoto desde la flexibilidad, versatilidad y voluntad de rentabilizar los recursos a su alcance. La obra ofrece una perspectiva amplia de varias de las herramientas virtuales y de los sistemas de interpretación remota más populares, en un momento de estabilización y necesidad de regulación de estándares que, en última instancia, vaya en beneficio de desarrolladores de recursos digitales, profesionales y usuarios. Todo ello requiere un trabajo coordinado de revisión de plataformas y tecnologías aplicadas a la profesión, así como la adaptación de los programas de formación a las necesidades del mercado actual de la interpretación en un mundo cada vez más digitalizado, sin por ello perder de vista el factor humano.

This timely Handbook presents the latest knowledge on technological innovation for climate change mitigation and adaptation. Looking beyond technical fixes, it further draws on economics, politics and sociology to explore how modern technology can contribute to effective and socially just sustainability transitions.Examining cutting-edge research on energy, transport and industry, this Handbook argues that we have the technologies and policy instruments needed to mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, for larger-scale implementation the support at the socio-economic and political levels has to be increased. Chapters further analyse the role that technology plays in key sectors, such as agriculture and forestry, in order to become more sustainable. Contributors also reflect on the position of technology in society, illustrating the wider socio-technical systems that determine the impact that new technologies can have. They call for the political will to implement and scale up technological measures to address climate change across the world.The Handbook on Climate Change and Technology will be essential reading for academics and students of climate change, energy, sustainability and environmental governance and regulation. It will also be an invaluable resource for practitioners and policymakers seeking a deeper understanding of the role of technology in sustainability transitions.

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 10th International Conference on Materials Science (ICMS-2021)Aggregated Book

De permafrost verdwijnt, de zeespiegel stijgt, er zijn steeds meer en hevigere bosbranden, maar als we wereldwijd samenwerken en inzetten op technologie, kunnen we het tij nog keren. Dirk Inzé is een topwetenschapper en internationale autoriteit op het vlak van plantenbiotechnologie. Aan de hand van de meest recente cijfers schept hij een genuanceerd beeld van de huidige toestand van ons klimaat. Hij doorbreekt mythes, biedt nieuwe perspectieven en beantwoordt prangende vragen als'Moeten we met zijn allen vegetariër worden?','Komt onze voedselvoorziening in het gedrang?'en'Zijn we niet met te veel?'. Bovenal focust De aarde draait door op oplossingen, gebaseerd op de jarenlange, wetenschappelijke ervaring van de auteur. Het belicht de verschillende aspecten van de klimaatproblematiek, en biedt inzicht in de manier waarop verandering mogelijk is. Zodat onze aarde kan blijven draaien.

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 3rd International Conference on Structural Engineering and Materials (ICSEM 2022)Aggregated Book

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 8th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials (MSSM 2022)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 8th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials (MSSM 2022), July 11-13, 2022, London, United Kingdom

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the Unima International Conference on Science and Technology (UNICST 2022)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the Unima International Conference on Science and Technology (UNICST 2022), October 11-13, 2022, Tondano, Indonesia

This volume of the journal represents the research results of properties and synthesis technologies for a multifunctional hydrogel material, concrete with aggregate from plastic waste, numerical modelling of natural convection processes in the elliptical cylinders, analysed the wastewater treatment technologies based on the use of natural chemicals and based on electroflotation and electrocoagulation. There are articles devoted to communication engineering, energy management in microgrids and potential assessment of wind energy in conditions of Ethiopia. The volume will be helpful to specialists in machinery, communication and construction, environmental protection and energetics.

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 5th International Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical Engineering 2021 (ICGSCE2021)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 5th International Conference on Global Sustainability and Chemical Engineering 2021 (ICGSCE2021), September 14-15, 2021, Shah Alam, Malaysia

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 4th International Conference on Science and Technology Applications (ICoSTA)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the 4th International Conference on Science and Technology Applications (ICoSTA), November 01-02, 2022, Medan, Indonesia

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the 8th International Conference on Materials Science and Smart Materials (MSSM 2022)Aggregated Book

A gripping new investigation into the underbelly of digital technology, which reveals not only how costly the virtual world is, but how damaging it is to the environment. A simple ‘like'sent from our smartphones mobilises what will soon constitute the largest infrastructure built by man. This small notification, crossing the seven operating layers of the Internet, travels around the world, using submarine cables, telephone antennas, and data centres, going as far as the Arctic Circle. It turns out that the ‘dematerialised'digital world, essential for communicating, working, and consuming, is much more tangible than we would like to believe. Today, it absorbs 10 per cent of the world's electricity and represents nearly 4 per cent of the planet's carbon dioxide emissions. We are struggling to understand these impacts, as they are obscured to us in the mirage of ‘the cloud'. Some telling numbers: If digital technology were a country, it would be the third-highest consumer of electricity behind China and the United States. An email with a large attachment consumes as much energy as a lightbulb left on for one hour. Every year, streaming technology generates as much greenhouse gas as Spain — close to 1 per cent of global emissions. One Google search uses as much electricity as a lightbulb left on for up to two minutes. All of humanity produces five exabytes of data per day, equivalent to what we consumed from the very beginnings of the internet to 2003 — an amount that would fill 10 million Blu-ray discs which, piled up, would be as high as the Eiffel Tower. At a time of the deployment of 5G, connected cars, and artificial intelligence, The Dark Cloud — the result of an investigation carried out over two years on four continents — reveals the anatomy of a technology that is virtual only in name. Under the guise of limiting the impact of humans on the planet, it is already asserting itself as one of the major environmental challenges of the twenty-first century.

Selected peer-reviewed extended articles based on abstracts presented at the International Conference on Advances in Material Science 2021 (ICAMS 2021)Aggregated Book

Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the Second International Conference on Advances in Materials Science 2021 (ICAMS 2021)Selected peer-reviewed full text papers from the Second International Conference on Advances in Materials Science 2021 (ICAMS 2021), December 16-17, 2021, Ahmednagar, India

When we look at some of the most pressing issues in environmental politics today, it is hard to avoid data technologies. Big data, artificial intelligence, and data dashboards all promise “revolutionary” advances in the speed and scale at which governments, corporations, conservationists, and even individuals can respond to environmental challenges. By bringing together scholars from geography, anthropology, science and technology studies, and ecology, The Nature of Data explores how the digital realm is a significant site in which environmental politics are waged. This collection as a whole makes the argument that we cannot fully understand the current conjuncture in critical, global environmental politics without understanding the role of data platforms, devices, standards, and institutions. In particular, The Nature of Data addresses the contested practices of making and maintaining data infrastructure, the imaginaries produced by data infrastructures, the relations between state and civil society that data infrastructure reworks, and the conditions under which technology can further socio-ecological justice instead of re-entrenching state and capitalist power. This innovative volume presents some of the first research in this new but rapidly growing subfield that addresses the role of data infrastructures in critical environmental politics.

From climate catastrophes to sudden wars, the world faces conflicts of unprecedented scale. Yet around the globe, Indigenous leaders continue to move forward with determination and hope. Leaders demand change, resisting the destruction of the environment and suggesting solutions to today's global crisis. Age-old practices are experiencing a cultural revival and the lessons call for all of us to walk alongside Indigenous peoples. In the face of crisis and the progress of technology, this book shows how to stand with Indigenous peoples through uncertainty and chaos. How to stand with Indigenous peoples is about how to listen, how to walk together and how to act.

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched funding, and freely available to read online. This book seeks broader critical engagement with the design, development and adoption processes of contemporary digital technologies. Such technology has been the catalyst for great improvements in the fields of medicine, employment, education and communications. Yet, a new digital age has also brought a unique set of societal, cultural and environmental challenges that have yet to be fully understood and, when needed, confronted. It could be argued that aspirations to develop an information super-highway that would be an instrument for human flourishing, has given way to vast stores of worthless trivia and is hijacking our attention at every opportunity. In the absence of robust sociological input at the conceptual stages of digital communication technology development, the probability of these tools and instruments delivering change that is deeply personally, socially, culturally and environmentally damaging will continue to grow. Critical exploration of the organisational, social, political and environmental context of digital communications technology is necessary, without which technology will continue to be left ‘to its own device'to determine the social and cultural values of societies, for better or worse. The Social, Cultural and Environmental Costs of Hyper-Connectivity investigates the profound effects 21st century digital technology is having on our individual and collective lives and seeks to confront the realities of a new digital age. Changes brought about by digital technology are frequently disruptive and, thus, need to be designed to protect against harm on society.

Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this new volume brings together innovative research, new concepts, and novel developments in the application of new tools in green chemistry and sustainable technology. The diverse coverage includes chapters on ionic liquids as green solvents, an environmentally friendly approach to the synthesis and biological evaluation of α-aminophosphonate derivatives, the application of nanotechnology in biological sciences and green chemistry, eco-friendly polymers, the effect of global warming and greenhouse gases on environmental system, and more.

Examines how solar and terrestrial space phenomena affect sophisticated technological systems Contemporary society relies on sophisticated technologies to manage electricity distribution, communication networks, transportation safety, and myriad other systems. The successful design and operation of both ground-based and space-based systems must consider solar and terrestrial space phenomena and processes. Space Weather Effects and Applications describes the effects of space weather on various present-day technologies and explores how improved instrumentation to measure Earth's space environment can be used to more accurately forecast changes and disruptions. Volume highlights include: Damage and disruption to orbiting satellite equipment by solar particles and cosmic rays Effects of space radiation on aircraft at high altitudes and latitudes Response of radio and radar-based systems to solar bursts Disturbances to the propagation of radio waves caused by space weather How geomagnetic field changes impact ground-based systems such as pipelines Impacts of human exposure to the space radiation environment The American Geophysical Union promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity. Its publications disseminate scientific knowledge and provide resources for researchers, students, and professionals. Find out more about the Space Physics and Aeronomy collection in this Q&A with the Editors in Chief

This book refutes the 21st-century notion that advancing technology is an unambiguous social good, and examines the effects of this uncritical acceptance and dependence. The author argues that technology has become the new religion for the digital age, and that elevating technology to nearly the status of a deity allows for the denial of problems created by reliance upon machines. From the release of toxins into the environment to the unsustainable energy demands of the modern era, technological dependence is driving humanity near the brink of extinction. Despite these problems, and existential issues such as artificial intelligence and the proliferation of nuclear weapons, many people have an unwavering belief in the ability of technology, particularly any device labeled'smart,'to create a perfect future--while denying the history of unmet promises and unintended consequences of technological innovation. The author explores the psychological underpinnings of these beliefs from both a clinical and a cognitive perspective. The social and economic forces that maintain our reliance on, or addiction to, technology are critiqued as are the ethical and security issues associated with the control of advanced technology.

Facebooking the Anthropocene in Raja Ampat is a deeply intimate look at the cataclysmic shifts between humans, technology, and the so-called natural world. Amid the breakneck pace of both technological advance and environmental collapse, Robert Ostertag explores how we ourselves are changing as fast as the world around us—from how we make music, to how we have sex, to what we do to survive, and who we imagine ourselves to be. And though the environmental crisis terrifies and technology overwhelms, Ostertag finds enough creativity, compassion, and humor in our evolving behavior to keep us laughing and inspired as the world we are building overtakes the world we found. A true polymath who covered the wars in Central America during the 1980s, recorded dozens of music projects, and published books on startlingly eclectic subjects, Ostertag fuses his travels as a touring musician with his journalist's eye for detail and the long view of a historian. Wander both the physical and the intellectual world with him. Watch Buddhist monks take selfies while meditating and DJs who make millions of dollars pretend to turn knobs in front of crowds of thousands. Shiver with families huddling through the stinging Detroit winter without heat or electricity. Meet Spice Islanders who have never seen flushing toilets yet have gay hookup apps on their phones. Our best writers have struggled with how to address the catastrophes of our time without looking away. Ostertag succeeds where others have failed, with the moral acuity of Susan Sontag, the technological savvy of Lewis Mumford, and the biting humor of Jonathan Swift.

The book explains'green'or'clean'technologies, and refers to the growth of new technologies aimed at protecting, monitoring or reducing the negative effect of technologies on the ecosystem and resource consumption. It also discusses how technology profoundly affects society, the economy, and the environment. It has caused various environmental and social problems, however it is also essential to address environmental degradation, food shortages, climate change, waste management and different other persistent global challenges. The book describes how human society quickly responds to the ever-evolving challenges, which largely depends on the speed and scale through which advanced technologies replace inferior technologies in various global environments.

This book is a unique attempt to capture the growing societal experience of living in an age unlike anything the world has ever seen. Fueled by the perception of acquiring unprecedented powers through technologies that entangle the human and the natural worlds, human beings have become agents of a new kind of transformative event. The ongoing sixth mass extinction of species, the prospect of a technological singularity, and the potential crossing of planetary boundaries are expected to trigger transformations on a planetary scale that we deem catastrophic and try to avoid. In making sense of these prospects, Simon's book sketches the rise of a new epochal thinking, introduces the epochal event as an emerging category of a renewed historical thought, and makes the case for the necessity of bringing together the work of the human and the natural sciences in developing knowledge of a more-than-human world.

Due to legal and consumer demands, eco-friendly resources that comply with environmental concerns while maintaining or improving performance are highly sought amongst manufacturers. Green materials are a specific material that are widely found in many product markets and are popular choices as alternative materials due to their recyclable, reusable, highly available, and corrosion-resistant features. These materials positively impact the environment through fewer emissions during the production process, positive carbon credits and energy recovery from incineration, and lower global warming effect. Extensive research is required to understand the full potential of these eco-friendly substances. Implementation and Evaluation of Green Materials in Technology Development: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides emerging research exploring the theoretical and practical aspects of environmentally friendly resources and applications within technology. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as life cycle analysis, nanomaterials, and environment management, this book is ideally designed for manufacturers, engineers, product developers, industrial practitioners, policymakers, researchers, academicians, students, and business and marketing associates seeking current research on the advancements and applications of green materials in future technology.

Mediating Nature considers how technology acts as a mediating device in the construction and circulation of images that inform how we see and know nature. Scholarship in environmental communication has focused almost exclusively on verbal rather than visual rhetoric, and this book engages ecocritical and ecocompositional inquiry to shift focus onto the making of images.Contributors to this dynamic collection focus their efforts on the intersections of digital media and environmental/ecological thinking. Part of the book's larger argument is that analysis of mediations of nature must develop more critical tools of analysis toward the very mediating technologies that produce such media. That is, to truly understand mediations of nature, one needs to understand the creation and production of those mediations, right down to the algorithms, circuit boards, and power sources that drive mediating technologies. Ultimately, Mediating Nature contends that ecological literacy and environmental politics are inseparable from digital literacies and visual rhetorics. The book will be of interest to scholars and students working in the fields of Ecocriticism, Ecocomposition, Media Ecology, Visual Rehtoric, and Digital Literacy Studies.

We are facing an environmental crisis that some say is ushering a new geological epoch, the Anthropocene, one that threatens not only a great deal of life on the planet but also our understanding of who we are and our relation to the natural world. In the face of this crisis it has become clear that we need a more sustainable culture. In fact the language of sustainability has become pervasive in our culture and has deeply ingrained itself in our understanding of what living a good life would entail. “Sustainability,” however, is a contested word, and it carries with it, often implicitly and unacknowledged, deep philosophical claims that are entangled with all kinds of assumptions and power relations, some of them very problematic. This book attempts to set this urgent goal of sustainability free from its more reductive and harmful interpretations and to thereby apply a more thoughtful environmental ethics to current and emerging technologies, particularly those involving reproduction and the harnessing of energy that dominate our elemental relations to sun and air, wind and water, earth and forest. The book is divided into 4 sections: (1) Sustainability: A Contested Term, (2) Sustainability and Renewable Technologies: Sun, Air, Wind, Water, (3) Sustainability and Design, and (4) Sustainability and Ethics. The first section sets the context for our studies and opens a space for thinking sustainability in a more thoughtful way than is often the case in contemporary discussions. The next two sections are the heart of our contribution to postphenomenology and technoscience, and the essays, here, turn to concrete examinations of particular technologies and questions of technological design in the light of our environmental crisis. The fourth section closes the book by drawing some more general implications for ethics from the intersection of the foregoing themes.

Cui bono? – Wem nutzt die Entwicklung humanoider Maschinen oder Automaten? Dieses Buch erörtert die Details dieses Spannungsfelds und die Herausforderung gesellschaftlicher Weiterentwicklung. Als technisch-elektronische Handhabungsgeräte können sie den Menschen zuträglich sein, sie von körperlich belastenden Arbeiten oder sogenannten Routinearbeiten befreien. Der Autor versucht die Fragen zu beleuchten: Was erwartet die Menschheit durch die Entwicklung einer künstlichen Intelligenz in einer menschähnlichen Maschine? Was aber, wenn der selbstbestimmende Mensch an der Schwelle steht, sich selbst durch intelligente selbstorganisierte Produkte und Prozesse eine humanoide Konkurrenz zu schaffen, die er möglicherweise nicht mehr kontrollieren kann?

To address the complexity of today's global challenges requires new ways of thinking. The idea that technology is always the best, maybe only, approach worth taking needs to be reconsidered. Sustainable approaches must also draw from non technological areas. To that end, this book introduces the idea of just technology by rephrasing the idea of just war in order to include concepts of sustainability in future engineering design. The book begins by defining justice and relating these definitions to technology. This is followed by illustrating several notions of sustainability and the awareness that needs to be focused on societal challenges due to the finite resources available in the natural world. Four questions are enumerated to be addressed in order to qualify as a just use of technology: (1) Is the harm being inflicted by the problem on the community, the environment, or humanity, in general lasting, serious, and certain? (2) Have all alternative solutions been investigated first,including non-technology-based solutions? Technology is the last choice, not the first! (3) Do we have confidence in the successful implementation of this technological solution? and (4) Is the potential harm from the technological solution potentially worse than the issue being addressed? Have all unintended consequences been considered that could arise from the technological solution? The book ends with a description for implementing these questions into the traditional engineering design process. Examples are included for reflection and help to understand how the design process proceeds.

Contributions by prominent scholars examining the intersections of environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology.Environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology have taken divergent paths despite their common interest in examining human modification of the natural world. Yet philosophers from each field have a lot to contribute to the other. Environmental issues inevitably involve technologies, and technologies inevitably have environmental impacts. In this book, prominent scholars from both fields illuminate the intersections of environmental philosophy and philosophy of technology, offering the beginnings of a rich new hybrid discourse. All the contributors share the intuition that technology and the environment overlap in ways that are relevant in both philosophical and practical terms. They consider such issues as the limits of technological interventions in the natural world, whether a concern for the environment can be designed into things, how consumerism relates us to artifacts and environments, and how food and animal agriculture raise questions about both culture and nature. They discuss, among other topics, the pessimism and dystopianism shared by environmentalists, environmental philosophers, and philosophers of technology; the ethics of geoengineering and climate change; the biological analogy at the heart of industrial ecology; green products and sustainable design; and agriculture as a bridge between technology and the environment.ContributorsBraden Allenby, Raymond Anthony, Philip Brey, J. Baird Callicott, Brett Clark, Wyatt Galusky, Ryan Gunderson, Benjamin Hale, Clare Heyward,Don Idhe, Mark Sagoff, Julian Savulescu, Paul B. Thompson, Ibo van de Poel, Zhang Wei,Kyle Powys Whyte