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Health is a key dimension of contemporary food consumption. This preoccupation is beginning to overlap with ecological concerns, as healthy diets are said to largely correspond with sustainable diets. Nevertheless, this link remains rather vague and under-researched in practice. This article adopts an 'embodied materialist' perspective to inquire into how the health–sustainability nexus is articulated in the everyday labour of people engaging in alternative food consumption. The interviews, carried out in Milan (Italy), suggest that focusing on health might not always be straightforwardly effective for the promotion of deep and systemic changes. The analysis finds three ways in which the health–sustainability nexus is articulated in daily life. If framed within the dominant articulation of labour and value, health is an individualistic preoccupation with limited potential for socio-ecological transformation. When food labour is guided by the very different logic of care, which emphasises relationality, fragility and the search for a shared wellbeing, more ecological practices emerge, but with some ambivalent implications especially with regards to social justice. Collective engagement in alternative food networks politicises the body more deeply, making it a concrete site of struggle against unsustainable food regimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The question of how the digital economy responds to ecological issues has gained salience in recent years. So far, though, social scientists have primarily taken interest in the ecological positionings of tech entrepreneurs. Little attention has been paid to the middle-class fraction of 'tech workers' who are responsible for programming, designing, and managing the digital technologies that reconfigure socio-material relations. Based on 52 interviews with data scientists and user experience designers, the article analyzes the ecological habitus of this new professional segment. Four central ecological schemas are identified: (1) managing limited resources, (2) critical techno-optimism, (3) academic concern, and (4) lifestyle struggles. Simultaneously, the article discusses how these four schemas relate to the different forms of capital held by tech workers. This mapping of the ecological habitus of tech workers shows how social relationships with nature are underpinned by class positions. The article thus pursues dual aims, contributing to research on green capitalism as well as to debates on how the middle class relates to climate change. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Several Persian lime trees were found to exhibit dieback and yellowing during monitoring of the intensity of Huanglongbing disease on a 6-year-old commercial Persian lime orchard in San Rafael, Veracruz, Mexico, between August and October 2022. During the examination of the trees, we discovered small holes on the bark of the main stem and lower branches, significant cracking of the bark, and beetles crawling on the surface. Removal of the bark on the crevices showed the presence of larvae and adults plausibly feeding from the inner bark tissue. Phloeonemus interruptus (Coleoptera: Zopheridae) adults were found. Although it is unknown whether P. interruptus will become invasive, this study confirmed that it is associated with Persian lime trees. Thus, this serves as a bellwether to warn of the potential direct damage or transmission of fungi or oomycetes, such as those in the genera Lasiodiplodia and Phytophthora. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the association of Phloeonemus interruptus with Persian lime (Citrus latifolia Tan. Rutaceae) in the central region of Veracruz, Mexico. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article analyzes the relationship between ritual and theater through the work of the O Thiasos TeatroNatura company. In the group's numerous and varied productions, the aspects of repetition and the connection with natural environments are the foundational elements that create "para-ritual" forms. In these creations every element of the performative creation (text, song, performers, spectators) is aimed at re-creating the relationship between human-reality-community. The resonance with ritual does not stem from New Age trends but emerges through theatrical structures that are carefully crafted by the artistic quality of the act. This practice follows an ecology of the mind that influences the aesthetics-ethics of TeatroNatura, preparing its actresses, through technique, for interaction with places. In this exploration, the ritual element is also represented by the mythical repertoire reworked by the company. In this way, the archetypal and the contemporary meet in a dislocated and repeated in the landscape since 1992.

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo ofrecer una presentación del monográfico “¿El fin del mundo? Eco-distopías desde una perspectiva posthumanista” de Pangeas. Revista Interdisciplinar de Ecocrítica. Tras una breve introducción, a partir de los estudios de Serpil Oppermann (2016a; 2016b) y Serenella Iovino (2016) se ofrece un acercamiento teórico al entrecruzamiento de la ecocrítica material y el posthumanismo crítico. Definiendo las características principales de la ecocrítica posthumanista, se vislumbra una nueva definición de la materia, y así, de lo humano, pero desde ya una perspectiva post-antropocéntrica, que rechaza la superioridad humana y la idea de que la naturaleza pueda controlarse por nosotros. Se prestará especial atención al concepto de la materia como agente narrativo, capaz de crear historias, concepción que sirve como un punto de partida perfecto para hablar después de literatura. Las notas introductorias siguen con el resumen de los artículos que componen el presente monográfico, con especial atención al tema principal: la representación de la ecodistopía. A partir de los acercamientos teóricos y críticos que ofrecen las contribuciones aquí reunidas, se llega a conocer una amplia gama de posibilidades de interpretación —sobre todo estéticas, éticas y políticas— de obras literarias que parecen preocuparse por las consecuencias de la intervención y (aparente) dominación de la naturaleza por el ser humano, sobre todo a partir del concepto del Antropoceno, mediante la representación de un mundo (post)apocalíptico, donde lo humano debe necesariamente adaptarse, y así, hibridarse o hasta metamorfosearse para poder sobrevivir. A pesar de tratarse de una narrativa predominantemente pesimista, que sigue las tradiciones (post)apocalípticas y distópicas, también existen obras que, sorprendentemente, son optimistas a la hora de esbozar futuros donde lo humano puede convivir con lo no humano, compartiendo fronteras porosas o hasta inexistentes.

Composto por cinco seções principais, o artigo almeja, de uma forma introdutória e concisa, oferecer um panorama do tabuleiro político-ideológico e teórico que caracteriza as posições mais significativas a propósito da “crise ambiental” contemporânea. As quatro seções iniciais se destinam a esboçar críticas ao “ambientalismo pró-capital”, ao neofascismo antiecológico, ao ecofascismo e, por fim, às falácias de tipo “pós-moderno”, exemplificadas por algumas das ideias de Bruno Latour. Na quinta seção, finalmente, são apresentados contrapontos emancipatórios aos discursos e práticas mencionados nas seções precedentes, tanto no que tange a contrapontos acadêmicos ou teóricos (oriundos, sobretudo, do marxismo e de correntes libertárias) quanto no que diz respeito a práticas espaciais de resistência (ou, melhor ainda, “r-existência”) dos agentes e sujeitos coletivos, em suas lutas por terra, por território e, em última instância, pela Terra.

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As a tribute to Dr. Gabriela Castaño Meneses, who has dedicated a large part of her life to the study of arthropods, particularly focused on microarthropods and ants, we present a biographical sketch of her academic and professional career. Throughout her career, she has distinguished herself as a researcher and scholar in entomology, publishing more than 90 articles, 21 book chapters, and teaching more than 81 courses, among others. Her work has been characterized by a wide range of approaches, covering topics such as ecology and taxonomy of different groups of arthropods, including springtails, mites and ants, and covering the different gradients of a wide range of habitats. Undoubtedly, an outstanding researcher characterized by her great passion for study and her admiration for the unknown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Military-industrial practices have left widespread contamination affecting land, water, air, and human and nonhuman bodies. This article uses decolonial analysis to examine the racial-colonial foundations that underlie contemporary efforts to reuse former U.S. military land for development projects. Interrelating scholarship on security and development with that of militarization and political ecology, I use "geosocial spectacle" to probe the material and pedagogical governance, frontier logics, and colonial aesthetics that emerge through land remediation and redevelopment. Featuring two military sites within U.S. base closure and realignment—the U.S. Front Range area of Colorado and former U.S. unincorporated territory of the Panama Canal Zone—the article delineates and expounds on two types of U.S. military land conversions: brownfields and biodiversity recreation. The article interrelates the conversion of contaminated land in both cases as waste frontier that facilitates ongoing cycles of land repossession as a form of dispossession and containment or denial of war. The article concludes by advocating for decolonial studies of the global color line entrenched by the U.S. Pentagon's ongoing climate colonialism, to subvert the compartmentalized harms of war and capitalist extraction, and to galvanize explicitly anticolonial, antiracist land reuse and governance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El presente artículo discute la aplicación de los principios agroecológicos al diseño y manejo de las plantaciones forestales con fines comerciales a partir de las reflexiones sobre el caso peruano. El propósito es contribuir al enriquecimiento del marco filosófico, teórico y metodológico de las plantaciones forestales comerciales como agroecosistemas sustentables. Aunque la agroecología está fuertemente orientada a los sistemas agroalimentarios también se orienta a los agroecosistemas, y por lo tanto sus principios pueden ser aplicables a las plantaciones forestales comerciales. Los principios agroecológicos con su enfoque sistémico, su perspectiva socio-ecológica y biocultural, su compromiso por la biodiversidad nativa y la sustentabilidad, su adscripción al buen vivir y su carácter ético-político enriquecen el marco teórico y metodológico de las plantaciones forestales comerciales trascendiendo la orientación fuertemente productivista que prima hasta la fecha. Es por ello que se propone plantaciones forestales comerciales para la vida. Se concluye que toda silvicultura aplica principios ecológicos, pero no toda silvicultura aplica principios agroecológicos, en tanto se considera que la silvicultura y la agroecología son disciplinas totalmente separadas y con fines diferentes.

Las propiedades de la imagen en los circuitos comunicacionales contemporáneos están cada vez más ligadas a un contexto material muy concreto, desde los combustibles fósiles de los que depende, los cables de fibra óptica y centros de datos que recorre a los propios dispositivos que la producen y reproducen. Mediante el término “imagen-energía” apelo a la finitud de aquello que, a pesar de ser intangible, tiene un impacto medioambiental muy concreto, para poder entender críticamente las complejidades que rodean hoy a lo visual; una imagen cada vez más acelerada, que ha roto con la linealidad de su producción para ser recombinada una y otra vez en luz, en electricidad, en calor; pero nunca desprendida de su herencia ideológica, colonial y capitalista.

En 2012, tras el anuncio del gobierno de España de poner fin a la industria extractiva minera asturiana, el movimiento obrero minero organiza la ya histórica “Marcha negra” a Madrid. Un año después, participé en la exposición Aprendiendo de las Cuencas en LABoral Centro de arte de Gijón donde se exponían desde la perspectiva del arte las problemáticas de la futura reconversión de este paisaje industrial. Un paisaje industrial, rural, urbano y natural lleno de contradicciones económicas, sociales, medioambientales y antropológicas. Mi propuesta Paisaje minado, dibujando la destrucción de otro tiempo pretendía visibilizar este complejo territorio —icono del desarrollo moderno industrial español del siglo XX— acudiendo, en primera instancia, a las antiguas cartografías, planos de labores y esquemas de explotación procedente de los archivos de geólogos, topógrafos e ingenieros de minas, para después, atravesarlos con los testimonios recogidos de aquellos mineros y mineras (destaco especialmente el papel de la mujer minera) que excavaron cientos de “criaderos de carbón”. En esta aportación se confronta de un modo dialógico el material recopilado de aquella investigación con imágenes de los medios, obras, textos y propuestas del nuevo paradigma ecológico del siglo XXI que apuesta por la energía limpia y el abandono de los combustibles fósiles. El formato de presentación a modo de atlas warburgiano propone una “lectura” transversal de referencias visuales, sonoras y textuales en versión pdf y en versión multimedia a través de este link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vTeiW7XQ3hdAcqSVn4J_YcfzBKsMV_WHcflYAEKi1gySA-Vdnak2jsuLuQsOCD2qMoPvnOh7tteKmNA/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=60000

Este trabajo propone una reflexión, a partir de una experiencia de producción de dibujos solares, sobre prácticas de producción de imágenes mediante la técnica de la antotipia y de sus posibilidades a la hora de generar mayor afectividad ambiental, sensibilidad y empatía ecológica. Se trata de pensar posibilidades y compartir procesos donde la producción de imagen esté vinculada a alimentos y vegetales y se vea determinada por la climatología y sus tiempos, creando imágenes frágiles y efímeras que contribuyan a habitar preguntas del pensamiento crítico actual desde la práctica.

O termo “Ecologia” já foi escrito durante vários anos para determinar uma variedade de coisas, o que sugere que sempre teve um significado amplo. Atualmente, não seria diferente, a palavra “Ecologia” não é utilizada apenas para designar uma disciplina científica, mas também serve para identificar um amplo e variado movimento social. O objetivo deste artigo é saber qual é a imagem da ecologia para os alunos do Ensino Médio em uma escola pública estadual situada no município de Lagoa da Canoa-AL, bem como compreender se os mesmos se interessam por esta temática. Para isso, o procedimento metodológico utilizado foi a aplicação de questionário para 60 alunos da escola, sendo 40 estudantes do 3º ano e 20 do 2º ano. No questionário foram elaboradas perguntas básicas relacionando-as com a temática da Ecologia. Os resultados apontam que 80% dos temas que mais chamam a atenção dos alunos na Ecologia são aqueles relativos às questões de preservação e conservação, e pudemos notar ainda que para aprender sobre Ecologia, 40% dos alunos optaram por passeios como sendo a melhor opção de aprendizado. Desse modo, percebeu-se que este estudo serviu para demonstrar como está a imagem da ecologia para os alunos do ensino médio do município de Lagoa da Canoa.

A espécie vegetal Vasconcellea quercifolia A. St.-Hil. é nativa do Brasil, promissora para a agricultura, com grande importância ecológica e grande consumo em algumas regiões. Neste estudo, objetivou-se analisar a fenologia reprodutiva e a fenologia vegetativa em uma população natural da espécie. Foram realizados levantamentos durante 25 meses, observando-se, aleatoriamente, 12 indivíduos da espécie, na Fazenda Lageado da Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas, na cidade de Botucatu, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Os métodos de observação foram: índice de atividade fenológica (sincronia) e índice de Fournier (presença da fenofase). Os resultados foram submetidos à correlação de Spearman. Os eventos fenológicos da espécie apresentaram alta sincronia. Frutificação e temperatura média apresentaram forte correlação positiva; repouso vegetativo e temperatura apresentaram forte correlação negativa. Quanto às fenofases, a brotação começou em agosto e terminou em novembro. A queda de folhas iniciou em dezembro – a planta vai gradativamente perdendo as folhas até estar 100% desfolhada no mês de junho. Os meses de novembro e dezembro apresentaram as maiores taxas de floração. Os primeiros frutos apareceram em outubro e os últimos frutos maduros foram vistos em maio; o pico da frutificação ocorreu em janeiro e fevereiro. Essa é uma espécie sincrônica que precisa do frio do inverno para quebrar a dormência das gemas para que a brotação ocorra. Estudos agronômicos, ecológicos, químicos e nutricionais são necessários para fortalecer o uso de espécies nativas com potencial econômico, os quais também podem contribuir para a preservação de seus hábitats.

El artículo explora la metodología de los estudios visuales –Bildwissenschaft, “ciencia” de la imagen– para interpretar el desierto como un espacio epistémico en términos ambientales y políticos, ejemplificado en el caso del frontera entre Ciudad Juárez y El Paso. Además, se perfila este territorio urbano en una zona desértica como un laboratorio del futuro proximo con un aumento de la global crisis climática.

This paper argues that Maraguat's Hegelian account of the truth of inner purposiveness can help frame recent attempts to draw ecology into the scope of evolutionary biology. It first explores the process of niche construction, using Hölldobler and Wilson's (1990) study of leaf-cutter ants to motivate the challenge niche construction poses to evolutionary theory. It then considers two responses to the challenge: progress by accretion and progress by extension. Having identified weaknesses in both responses, it shows how Maraguat's reconstruction of Hegel's claim that teleology is the truth of mechanism can shed light on the current state of evolutionary theory. This will help us to work through a tension in Maraguat's argument and point towards a solution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text of this article presents reflections on the theoretical and practical features that involve social sustainability in the framework of agroecology, with an empirical reference to the reality of the families of producers who are dedicated to the cultivation of kidney tomato, in the Riobamba Canton, Ecuador. It is based on the importance that good agricultural practices have acquired, as a necessity for the preservation of a healthy environment and quality of life in areas of agricultural producers. Thus, the production of kidney tomato and other vegetables is basic for the Ecuadorian agricultural industry, therefore, it must correspond to a socially responsible production process. Methodologically, the article is the product of a mixed investigation that contemplates, on the one hand, the analysis of specialized information on the topic, found in recognized databases, and the application of a questionnaire on social sustainability in kidney tomato production. to a group of farmers dedicated to this field in the Riobamba Canton. The study concludes by certifying the need to socialize the importance of sustainability with key indicators such as: fair labor practices, community participation and socio-environmental responsibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the principles of the formation of students' competencies in the circular economy in the pedagogical and ecological aspect, taking into account the achievement of the sustainable development goals. The methodological basis of the research is the systematic approach, which in pedagogy is aimed at revealing the value of pedagogical objects, identifying their various forms, components, types and relationships between them, which makes it possible to present the acquisition of competences among students for activities in the conditions of the circular economy as a whole presentation of actions using various forms, methods, means of teaching students in heigher education institutions. In the article, the epistemology of social challenges in the direction of achieving the sustainable development goals due to the implementation of the principles of the circular economy and the need in this context for the formation of relevant competencies of students of higher education institutions is substantiated. The characteristics that should correspond to the competence of the circular economy according to the characteristics of the integrated quality of the individual have been determined. The components that form the competences of the circular economy have been identified, which include: axiological, cognitive, practical-technological, and institutional. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Urban growth on natural areas produces landscape transformations. Species must face new environmental conditions and only some are able to tolerate them and reproduce. In South America, the eared dove (Zenaida auriculata) is capable of efficiently exploiting resources and thriving in various types of environments. In this study we aim to understand reproductive characteristics of the species related to its success and population growth in urban environment. Between 2017 and 2018 we performed seasonal counts of adult individuals, and we searched for and monitored active dove nests along fixed-width transects, in the city of Córdoba. We monitored 860 nests and evaluated the annual variation and the effect and characteristics of the nesting site on reproductive success. We determined the density of nests present in urban trees and their variation throughout a year, we calculated daily survival rates and nest success, duration of the reproductive cycle, and we identified main reasons for nest failure and substrates used for nests. The daily survival rate was 0.945 and the total reproductive success was 15%. 68% of the nests were unsuccessful, being more vulnerable in the chick rearing stage. Reproductive activity was permanent throughout the year, with increased activity during the summer season and a fall decrease between April and June. The contribution of youth to the population resulted in a similar trend. The number of active nests was significantly explained by the abundance of adult individuals. Therefore, the integration of variables provided by this study --e.g., changes in the abundance of adult individuals, nest survival rates, characteristics of nesting sites and productivity-- could contribute to the development of predictive mathematical models and viral dynamics models, necessary for management actions and health control strategies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En este artículo se presenta un modelo stock-flujo consistente con un módulo ecológico para las economías centroamericanas. El modelo se basa en un conjunto de hechos estilizados. Incluye cinco sectores institucionales (consumidores, empresas, gobierno, banco central y resto del mundo) y siete activos financieros: i) deuda pública emitida en moneda nacional y extranjera, ii) deuda privada emitida en moneda nacional, iii) deuda emitida por el resto del mundo, iv) préstamos de los bancos al sector privado para inversión y crédito al consumo, v) depósitos públicos y privados, vi) préstamos del resto del mundo al sector financiero nacional y vii) efectivo. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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El artículo aborda el caso de una fotografía de prensa que tuvo un impacto determinante sobre el poder político, judicial y económico de Paraguay y posibilitó la interrupción de la contaminación de una laguna. Analiza bajo qué circunstancias y a través de qué actores fue posible este hecho excepcional, así como los motivos por los cuales una fotografía de prensa pudo tener tanta eficacia. En este sentido, se analiza lo que muestra la fotografía, sus condiciones de producción y circulación, los efectos que generó su publicación, pero también tiene en cuenta las reacciones políticas, sociales y mediáticas que ocurrieron en torno a una imagen que terminó siendo un eslabón clave para denunciar la contaminación. Asimismo, reflexiona sobre el poder de la fotografía para promover cambios sociales y su potencial para denunciar problemas ecológicos con impactos visibles. El análisis cruza estudios de fotografía de prensa, medios de comunicación, redes sociales, el papel de los influencers y las luchas ecológicas, e invita a seguir pensando el poder de este tipo de imágenes.

A flutuação populacional do cascudo-amarelo, Geniates barbatus Kirby (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae), em pomares de goiabeira no Litoral Norte de Santa Catarina não é conhecida. Isto dificulta o planejamento do manejo integrado de pragas a ser implantado nos pomares da região. Desta forma, objetivou-se monitorar a incidência destes besouros na cultura da goiabeira, visando conhecer sua flutuação populacional e determinar as épocas de maior ocorrência na região. Armadilhas luminosas foram instaladas em pomar doméstico de goiabeira na Estação Experimental da Epagri em Itajaí, Santa Catarina, Brasil. Entre outubro de 2019 e fevereiro de 2024, as armadilhas foram ligadas diariamente das 16 às 9 horas, exceto de março a setembro/outubro de cada ano, quando permaneceram desligadas. A flutuação populacional de besouros G. barbatus caracterizou-se pelo rápido incremento inicial e posterior decaimento gradual de indivíduos em curto período de tempo. No litoral do Norte Catarinense, as maiores populações ocorrem no mês de novembro.

El objetivo de este artículo es analizar los pasos lógicos necesarios para recuperar lo material, siguiendo la filosofía de Enrique Dussel. El estudio se basa en sus primeras impresiones y en la interpretación de la naturaleza como cosmos accesible a la humanidad. La metodología incluye la revisión de textos de Dussel, destacando la proximidad y la proxemia como categorías de su filosofía. Los hallazgos revelan una sub-arquitectónica económica y ecológica en la obra dusseliana. La discusión sugiere la relevancia de esta sub-arquitectónica para una interpretación adecuada de su obra y para el desarrollo de una ecológica de la liberación.

La presente reseña describe el contenido del libro Las leyes de la interfaz. Diseño, ecología, evolución, tecnología, escrito por Carlos A. Scolari. Se detallan algunos planteamientos teóricos y se exponen las ideas principales de algunos capítulos, junto con sus aportes. Se destacan los aspectos considerados de interés para el especialista en comunicación y en ciencias sociales.

Durante el primer semestre de 1994, estudiamos 30 machos y 40 posturas de Cochranella ignota en un bosque de niebla a 1900 msnm en la Cordillera Occidental. El agrupamiento de los machos en sitios restringidos y la regularidad en su distribución dentro de cada agregado sugieren territorialidad y selección de sitios de despliegue. La ausencia de patrones en las variables estructurales de hábitat de despliegue y de desove sugiere mecanismos puramente conductuales para la escogencia de parejas. La comparación de la reproducción de esta población con la de otras especies de anfibios anuros revela un sistema tipo Lek.

O trabalho analisa como uma abordagem ecológica dos lagos e demais corpos d’água continentais contribuiu para a estruturação da ecologia como disciplina organizada, por favorecer uma perspectiva holística em meio a qual os fatores bióticos e abióticos foram apreendidos de forma integrada. Enfatiza as contribuições do limnólogo e alemão August Thienemann na demarcação da limnologia como uma ciência de síntese das conexões entre comunidades orgânicas e o ambiente aquático, informado por uma visão holística organicista que apostou na unidade da natureza e das ciências. Destaca o engajamento de Thienemann em promover a limnologia como campo privilegiado da ecologia, elaborando conceitos da ecologia teórica que tiveram repercussão no desenvolvimento do campo. O artigo aborda ainda os ajustes e modificações que a perspectiva científica de Thienemann sofreu ao ser empregada no estudo das águas amazônicas por seu sucessor na direção do Instituto de Limnologia de Plön, Harald Sioli. Defende o argumento que o encontro de Sioli com a materialidade das águas na Amazônia e os diálogos por ele estabelecidos contribuíram para essas modificações, ao mesmo tempo em que a perspectiva organicista da limnologia serviu para tomar as águas como vias de acesso à complexa ecologia da região. Com isso Sioli posicionou a limnologia como campo transdisciplinar centrado no estudo das paisagens, como eixo organizador de um programa de pesquisa seguido pelo coletivo que ele ajudou a estruturar entre a Amazônia e Alemanha e como saber indispensável para a elaboração de formas de ocupação da região mais sinérgicas com as dinâmicas ecológicas da floresta.

Resumo: O conceito de Ecosofia foi criado pelo filósofo francês Félix Guattari, que expressa às formas como os sujeitos interagem entre si e com o meio ambiente. Com a Ecosofia é possível compreender que a natureza e os seres humanos fazem parte do mesmo ecossistema comunicativo, propondo assim, discussões entre meio ambiente e filosofia. Dessa forma, esse trabalho teve como objetivo refletir sobre o pensamento ecosófico, como um instrumento de conhecimento do sentido humano na natureza, através de uma discussão teórica do assunto abordado. Fundamentou-se a partir de aspectos provenientes dos pensamentos e registros de Félix Guattari, que contribuíram e auxiliaram na problematização da pesquisa. A Ecosofia proposta por Guattari aborda a nossa compreensão, como parte do meio em que vivemos, e como aprendemos e agimos sobre a problemática ambiental, tendo por base as três ecologias: a do meio ambiente, a das relações sociais e a da subjetividade humana (mental). Nesse sentido, os problemas ambientais são resultados da evolução da sociedade, em seus aspectos econômicos, políticos, sociais e educacionais, que sintetizam a subjetividade da condição humana. Assim, essa subjetividade significa a nossa percepção sobre o mundo em que vivemos e sobre nós mesmos, nosso modo de pensar e agir para preservar e cuidar do meio ambiente. De acordo com a Ecosofia proposta por Guattari, o que está em questão é a maneira de viver daqui em diante sobre esse planeta, no contexto da aceleração das mutações técnico-científicas e do considerável crescimento demográfico. Dessa forma, é possível compreender que a Ecosofia é mais que uma reflexão sobre ecologia, natureza e subjetividade humana, é uma busca por ações concretas, levando em consideração a interação do homem com o meio ambiente. Palavras-chave: filosofia; ecologia; meio ambiente. Abstract: The concept of Ecosophy was created by the french philosopher Felix Guattari, who expresses the ways in which subjects interact with each other and with the environment. With Ecosophy it is possible to understand that nature and human beings are part of the same communicative ecosystem, thus proposing discussions between environment and philosophy. Thus, this work had as objective to reflect on the ecosophical thought, as an instrument of knowledge of the human sense in nature, through a theoretical discussion of the subject addressed. It was based on aspects derived from the thoughts and records of Félix Guattari, who contributed and helped in the problematization of the research. The Ecosophy proposed by Guattari addresses our understanding, as part of the environment in which we live, and how we learn and act on environmental issues, based on the three ecologies: the environment, social relations and human subjectivity ( mental). In this sense, environmental problems are results of the evolution of society, in its economic, political, social and educational aspects, which synthesize the subjectivity of the human condition. Thus, this subjectivity means our perception about the world we live in and about ourselves, our way of thinking and acting to preserve and care for the environment. According to Ecophotos proposed by Guattari, what is at stake is the way of living from now on on this planet, in the context of the acceleration of technical-scientific mutations and considerable population growth. In this way, it is possible to understand that Ecosophy is more than a reflection on ecology, nature and human subjectivity; it is a search for concrete actions, taking into account the interaction of man with the environment. Keywords: philosophy; ecology; environment.

Desejamos tecer uma resenha sobre a obra Uma Ecologia Decolonial: Pensar a partir do mundo caribenho, do pesquisador, cientista político e engenheiro ambiental martinicano Malcom Ferdinand. Lançada em português no Brasil, em 2022, pela casa editorial Ubu, o livro traduzido por Letícia Mei conta com o prefácio da filósofa estadunidense Angela Davis, conhecida pelo seu ativismo nas pautas feministas antirracistas. Buscamos trazer à tona as principais contribuições da obra de Ferdinand, que nos propõe um fazer-mundo dentro de uma perspectiva decolonial crítica que – considerando a história colonial e seus efeitos sobre as populações humanas e os não-humanos – vislumbra uma outra forma possível de viver e habitar o mundo. O autor parte do pressuposto de que a ecologia é antes de mais nada uma questão de justiça e que a crise ecológica, portanto, é uma crise de justiça. A partir do seu olhar e experiência caribenhos, Ferdinand nos desafia a pensar o projeto colonial tendo em vista, sobretudo, o impulso a uma destruição ambiental, situando, portanto, as questões ecológicas como uma dimensão essencial para pensar a política mundial ancorada nas relações de colonialidade nos dias de hoje.

Polls mastegadors (Psocodea, Phthiraptera: Amblycera i Ischnocera) en ocells silvestres de Zungarococha, Iquitos (Perú) L'objectiu d'aquest treball va ser identificar les espècies de polls mastegadors recol·lectades en 30 ocells silvestres de la localitat de Zungarococha, Iquitos, Perú. Es van identificar 11 espècies de polls entre els 36 espècimens en total. L'espècie Columbicola passerinae (Wilson, 1941) va presentar el nombre més alt d'hostes i Motmotnirmus marginellus (Nitzsch, 1874) i Docophorus rufus (Kellogg, 1899) la prevalença, intensitat i abundància mitjana més elevades. Aquest estudi registra per primera vegada 11 espècies de polls i noves associacions d'hostes i amplia la llista d’ocells hostes al Perú.

La industria de la moda rápida es cuestionada por fomentar el consumo desmedido, por la obsolescencia programada y por el encubrimiento del lado insostenible de sus prácticas comerciales y su efecto en el medio ambiente. A pesar de esto, existen personas que priorizan el bienestar de otros antes de pensar en su bienestar y tranquilidad, por lo que en sus decisiones de consumo siempre está presente el beneficio de terceros. Este trabajo se enfoca en analizar de qué manera los valores prosociales de los jóvenes de Villavicencio se relacionan con la intención de compra de moda ecológica. Por tanto, en este documento se recopilan las respuestas de 191 jóvenes universitarios. Las variables analizadas son los valores prosociales y la intención de compra, y para analizar su correlación se empleó la prueba del coeficiente de Spearman. Los principales resultados confirman una relación positiva entre la disposición de ayudar a otros y el interés por realizar compras de moda ecológica. Se concluye, que los jóvenes de Villavicencio exhiben sus valores prosociales a la hora de demostrar sus comportamientos como consumidores de bienes y servicios, principalmente en la intención de compra de moda ecológica.

O objetivo deste estudo foi o de estabelecer a trajetória do componente Ecologia no currículo do ensino secundário de Pernambuco entre 1943 e 2023. Esta pesquisa documental e historiográfica utilizou como fontes livros didáticos, atas e relatórios da Coordenadoria de Ensino de Ciências do Nordeste (CECINE), programas de ensino e notícias publicadas em jornais. Para a elaboração da trajetória e análise desse componente, as informações foram organizadas a partir de duas perspectivas: (1) percepção da ciência Ecologia como área da Biologia e (2) percepção relacionada aos movimentos Ambientalistas e de Educação Ambiental. Entre 1940 e 1960, a Ecologia no ensino secundário foi apresentada como um conteúdo descritivo e pautado na História Natural. Em 1965, a Ecologia se atualizou a partir da modernização da ciência de referência e da utilização dos currículos estadunidenses utilizados nos cursos do CECINE. Na década de 1970, serviu como interlocutora para as questões ambientais e foi utilizada para justificar o discurso do desenvolvimento regional. Entre os anos de 1980 e 1990, disputou espaço com o Ambientalismo e a Educação Ambiental. Entre os anos 2000 e 2010, os conteúdos foram apresentados sempre no final do ensino médio e com uma nítida separação hierárquica entre a Ecologia e os temas socioambientais. Em 2023, a arquitetura escolar do Novo Ensino Médio em Pernambuco se estabeleceu como uma ameaça ao desenvolvimento dos conteúdos de Ecologia e fragilizou os debates sobre as questões socioambientais.

La ONU prevé que para el 2060, el uso de recursos primarios se duplicará, y que el acero y el cemento serán los principales responsables de las emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. En ese contexto de agotamiento y sobreconsumo planetario, definir el lugar del material –es decir, dónde y cuánto colocar– como parte del proceso de diseño y fabricación del entorno construido cobra una nueva y urgente relevancia. Este ensayo discute cuál es el lugar del material, específicamente el del hormigón –como uno de los materiales más masificados y contaminantes– a partir de dos perspectivas históricas, la formal y la económica; y una perspectiva futura, la ecológica. Mientras las dos primeras han dominado durante el último siglo las decisiones de diseño y la conformación de lo que conocemos como “industria de la construcción”, el inminente colapso ambiental nos exige repensar la relación entre técnica, material y diseño a través de la incorporación de la variable ecológica como clave para responder a esa pregunta inicial.

«En este libro, Dagognet quiere privilegiar el sustrato, en contravía de la metafísica tradicional, idealista, que minimiza el soporte en beneficio de lo que él difunde. Es el mismo gusto del burgués a la hora de apreciar un libro: le importa más lo que se dice que la manera como se dice. El autor quiere revalorizar lo sucio, lo descompuesto y lo pobre, en particular el polvo, la arena o el guijarro...»

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Introduction: Echinoderms are strictly aquatic animals and one of the groups of marine invertebrates whose ecological importance is crucial for the environments where they inhabit. The most outstanding characteristic is their pentaradial symmetry. These organisms can be distributed in a wide variety of oceanic environments, and are not exclusive inhabitants of reef formations. A total of 1 539 species have been registered, of which 717 belong to the Pacific and 60 of them have been registered for El Salvador. Objective: The objective of the work was to record the richness and density of echinoderm species in rocky reefs of Punta Amapala (La Unión). Methods: The sampling was conducted in five sites, two of them at 3 m of depth and three at 6 m. For this, snorkeling and autonomous diving were used, covering two band transects of 30 x 1 m. Within the transects, the identification (richness) and counting (abundance) of the organisms was carried out. Results: The species that presented the highest density at 3 m reefs was Echinometra vanbrunti (0.83 indv/m2), followed by the ophiuroid Ophiocomella alexandri (0.16 indv/m2) and Ophiocoma aethiops (0.16 indv/m2). And at the 6 m reefs were Ophiothela mirabilis (0.83 indv/m2), Ophionereis annulata (0.21 indv/m2), Ophiothrix rudis (0.08 indv/m2) and Ophiocomella alexandri (0.01 indv/m2). Conclusions: These organisms fulfill various ecological roles, such as being bioindicators of water quality by tolerating certain changes in physicochemical conditions and fulfilling the role of macrofauna hosts due to the cavities formed by some sea urchins. That is why sampling efforts must increase in these areas to monitor the quality and health of the rocky reefs, whose role is key, as they are, together with Los Cóbanos, the largest in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Echinoderms, an integral component of marine ecosystems worldwide, have captivated scientific interest for centuries. Despite this longstanding attention, comprehending key facets such as trophic relationships, diet composition, and host-microbiota relationships still represents a challenge using traditional techniques. Recent years, however, have witnessed a transformative shift, thanks to the emergence of advanced molecular techniques, offering new approaches to strengthen ecological studies in echinoderms. Objective: Explore how recent advancements in molecular tools have impacted ecological research on echinoderms. Specifically, we aim to investigate the potential of these tools to shed light on trophic interactions, diet composition, and the characterization of gut microbial communities in these organisms. Methods: Available literature was used to clarify how novel molecular techniques can improve ecological studies. The focus is diet, trophic relationships, and gut microbiota. Results: Traditionally, studies of stomach contents using compound microscopy have provided an idea of ingested material; nevertheless, sometimes a simple magnified visualization of dietary content does not allow exhaustive identification of the entire food spectrum, as it is limited due to the rapid digestion and maceration of food items within the echinoderm's digestive tract. The use of DNA-metabarcoding, targeting specific DNA regions, such as the mitochondrial COI gene, has allowed us to enhance the accuracy and precision of diet characterization by enabling the identification of prey items down to the species or even genetic variant level, providing valuable insights into specific dietary preferences. Another approach is the use of stable isotopes, particularly carbon and nitrogen, which provide a powerful tool to trace the origin and flow of nutrients through food webs. By analyzing the isotopic signatures in muscular tissues and food items, we can discern the sources of their primary food items and gain insights into their trophic position within the ecosystem. Lastly, a third new technique used to elucidate the characterization of the prokaryotic community is 16S rRNA sequencing. This method allows us to explore the composition and dynamics of the digestive tract microbial communities. Conclusions: This is a promising era for ecological research on echinoderms, where advances of molecular tools have enabled an unprecedented level of detail, resolving longstanding challenges in comprehending their trophic interactions, diet composition, and host-microbiota relationships, and opening new avenues of investigation in ecological studies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: In the central Mexican Pacific, there are few studies on asteroid ecology. These species are generally distributed randomly, although in some cases groups or aggregations can be found. In Los Arcos, south of Puerto Vallarta, in Bahía de Banderas, Mexico, Luidia bellonae was observed for the first time in a massive aggregation in 2021. Objective: To report the new record of this species in this region of the Mexican Pacific and its massive aggregation event. Methods: Transects and surveys were carried out to quantify the density and measure the sea star individuals in Los Arcos, Bahía de Banderas during 2021, 2022, and 2023. Results: Average densities of 2.65 ind/m2 and up to 7 ind/m2 were found. In total, in the approximate area of 900 m2, 630 individuals were registered. The specimens measured (R) between 2 and 12 cm, and most measured between 4 and 8 cm. Conclusions: L. bellonae has been reported in different places in some states of the Mexican Pacific; however, it was not registered for Bahía de Banderas nor Los Arcos, nor in the amount reported here, therefore this is the first record for the species with a massive presence for the Mexican Pacific. The appearance of the large number of L. bellonae specimens in Los Arcos in 2021 could have been the result of a combination of factors, including the low water temperature, with values up to 15 °C, and the high amount of nutrients. This finding demonstrates the need for more studies on echinoderms and marine species to understand the influence of environmental conditions on their life cycle. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]