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On the social implications of technological processes: Towards hybrid social life cycle analysis (H-SLCA)

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Carlos López-Morales and Miriam Boyer have published an article in the Journal of Cleaner Production. The paper explores ‘hybrid social life-cycle analysis’ (H-SLCA), an integrated approach combining process-based SLCA with economy-wide social accounting to assess environmental and social impacts of particular technological processes in their interactions with the wider economy. The paper argues that H-SLCA can foster multidisciplinary work on technologies with the qualitative social sciences
Access the paper here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652626003458

 

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Tracking: Ein Babystrampler, der sich aus Belgrad meldet

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Für das Journalist Magazin analysiert Sonja Peteranderl, Researcher & Journalist in Residence in der Forschungsgruppe Biomaterialities, wie Journalist*innen Elektroschrott, Bäume oder Kleidung mit Trackern versehen, um Missstände wie illegale Müllentsorgung oder Greenwashing nachzuweisen. Wie die Technik bei Umweltrecherchen eingesetzt wird – und warum sie Menschen schaden kann.

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https://www.journalist.de/werkstatt/werkstatt-detail/ein-babystrampler-der-sich-aus-belgrad-meldet/

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Jagd auf Umweltverbrecher

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Für das Journalist Magazin analysiert Sonja Peteranderl, Researcher & Journalist in Residence in der Forschungsgruppe Biomaterialities, wie Open-Source-Intelligence-Werkzeuge (OSINT) wie Satellitenaufnahmen dazu beitragen können, Umweltkriminalität aufzudecken. Weltweit zerstören Konzerne und Regierungen die Natur, auch kriminelle Gruppierungen begehen illegalen Holzschlag, Rohstoffausbeutung oder Wildtierhandel. Diese Verbrechen sichtbar zu machen, ist so wichtig wie nie – und kann für Journalist*innen, Forscher*innen oder Umweltschützer*innenn lebensgefährlich sein.

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https://www.journalist.de/werkstatt/werkstatt-detail/jagd-auf-umweltverbrecher/

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Extractivist valorization in industrial forestry in the Global North – Elements of an analytical framework and illustration for the cases of Finland and Alberta, Canada

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Jana Rebecca Holz und Anna Saave haben einen Artikel in Ecological Economics veröffentlicht.

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This paper contributes to the political economic analysis of industrial forestry in the Global North (GN) by introducing and applying elements of an analytical framework for extractivist valorization. The proposed framework serves as a complement, systematization, and extension of the concepts of valorization and (post-fossil) extractivism. It scrutinizes the political-economic constellation and social as well as ecological sustainability challenges of current dominant practices in industrial forestry in the GN. The (potential) contribution and role of industrial forestry in social-ecological transformation processes is contested, although forestry is often perceived as a sustainable sector per se, and its services and products are crucial for many sustainability, bioeconomy, and decarbonization strategies. With the proposed analytical framework, the paper investigates forestry as an industry that socially and economically mediates relationships between individuals, society, and nature. The paper illustrates the analytical potential of the proposed framework by applying it to two exemplary cases of industrial forestry: Finland and the Canadian province of Alberta. The paper concludes that such a framework can provide relevant insights into the sustainability challenges in industrial forestry in both cases examined. New pathways of valuing and using forests need to be actively pursued to integrate the forest sector into the broader project of social-ecological transformations.

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