Ecological Communication and Ecoliteracy - (Bloomsbury Advances in Ecolinguistics) (Paperback)

About the Book

"This open access book discusses how the environmental crisis is communicated as an urgent global and local issue in a variety of media, texts and events. Focusing on a wide range of case studies (news articles, institutional websites, artwork installations, signposting, social campaigns, and other) the contributions explore how communicative actions can help meet the challenges of ecologically-oriented change"--

Book Synopsis

This open access volume is a call for ecological awareness and action through communication. It offers perspectives on how we, as humans, posit ourselves in relation to, and as part of, the environment in both verbal and non-verbal discourse. The contributions investigate a variety of situated communicative practices and how they instantiate and potentially influence our actions.

Through the frameworks of ecolinguistics, multimodal studies and ecoliteracy, the book discusses how the environmental crisis is communicated as an urgent global and local issue in a variety of media, texts and events. The contributions present a wide range of case studies (including news articles, institutional websites, artwork installations, promotional texts, signposting, social campaigns and other), and they explore how communicative actions can help meet the challenges of ecologically-oriented change. The focus is on the impact that linguistic and multimodal communication can have on acting in, with and towards the environment seen as living ecosystems, or 'lifescapes'. The chapters offer a reflection on the way we experience, endorse, reframe and resist value systems in ecological communication, and propose alternative and healthier perspectives to respect and preserve the common and nurturing lifescapes through awareness and action.

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Review Quotes

"The contributors to this volume promote ecological action through ecological communication and citizenship education. The focus on the interplay between verbal and nonverbal communication adds a fresh perspective to this still underexplored area in the field of ecolinguistics. This book is an important contribution to ecolinguistic research and education for raising ecological awareness." --Hermine Penz, University of Graz, Austria

"A groundbreaking exploration of the interconnectedness between communication and ecoliteracy. Emphasizing the concept of "con-vironment" and introducing the term "lifescape," this indispensable book proposes a transformative process of ecoliteracy that transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries, providing readers with theoretical and practical perspectives on fostering positive ecological action through language, multimodality, and critical reflection." --Antonio Lopez, John Cabot University, Italy

"This edited volume is an important contribution to the field and an essential read for anyone interested and involved in ecological communication and education, and it would serve as a valuable resource in a course on ecological communication, eco-linguistics, and discourse analysis." --Environmental Communication

About the Author

Maria Bortoluzzi is Associate Professor of English Language at the University of Udine, Italy.

Elisabetta Zurru is Senior Lecturer in English Language and Translation at the University of Genoa, Italy.