Imperial Ecology: Environmental Order in the British Empire, 1895-1945
From 1895 to the founding of the United Nations in 1945, the promising new science of ecology flourished in the British Empire. Peder Anker asks why ecology expanded so rapidly and how a handful of influential scientists and politicians established a tripartite ecology of nature, knowledge, and society.
On Ultimate Norms in Ecosophy T
“On Ultimate Norms in Ecosophy T” The Trumpeter (1998)
This essay does two things. It offers one possible interpretation of ArneNaess’s ultimate ecophilosophic norms, and it shows how these norms can support the following three statements in the deep ecological platform.
Sharing a love for the environment
“Sharing a Love for the Environment” (Interview) in Colloquy, Spring 2002, 21.
Fjordschritt
“Fjordschritt,” Sueddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, June 26, 2002, 18
From Bauhaus to Ecohouse Featured in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin
View my interview about From Bauhaus to Ecohouse: A History of Ecological Design in Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin. [PDF]
[German] “Die Ökoarchitektur kann viel vom Bauhaus lernen: Hausbau und Umweltbewusstsein – das müsste längst völlig selbstverständlich zusammengehören. Aber von wegen. Der Wissenschaftshistoriker Peder Anker könnte glatt verzweifeln, doch zum Glück weiß er um den Vorbildcharakter der Bauhaus-Architektur.”
by Von Thomas Bärnthaler

