Communicating the Environment to Save the Planet: A Journey into Eco-Communication

Description

This book, based on authoritative sources and reports, links environmental communication to different fields of competence: environment, sustainability, journalism, mass media, architecture, design, art, green and circular economy, public administration, big event management and legal language. The manual offers a new, scientifically based perspective, and adopts a theoretical-practical approach, providing readers with qualified best practices, case studies and 22 exclusive interviews with professionals. A fluent style of writing leads the readers through specific details, enriching their knowledge without being boring. As such it is an excellent preparatory and interdisciplinary academic tool intended for university students, scholars, professionals, and anyone who would like to know more on the matter. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxii Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 1 The Environmental Communication Under the Magnifying Lens (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 3-29 2: Journalism and Environment: Two Opposed Trends Which Attract Each Other (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 31-53 3 Which Shades of “Green” Are the New Nets of Communication Disseminating? (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 55-83 4: Communicating the Environment Artfully. Ciak, Action! (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 85-141 5: Communicating the Environment in the Green and Circular Economy (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 143-168 6 Communicating the Environment Is a “Public Right and Duty” (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 169-192 7 Eco-communication: Environmental Management, Big Events and Legal Eco-language (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 193-225 Front Matter ....Pages 227-227 IWP 1: Interview No. 1: Mounir Bouchenaki (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 229-235 IWP 2: Interview No. 2: Mariaelena Camerini (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 237-240 IWP 3: Interview No. 3: Francesca Carminati (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 241-245 IWP 4: Interview No. 4: Cristina Carretero González (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 247-249 IWP 5: Interview No. 5: Alice Comble (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 251-253 IWP 6: Interview No. 6: Edoardo Croci (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 255-261 IWP 7: Interview No. 7: Barbara Frateschi Moreno (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 263-267 IWP 8: Interview No. 8: Maurizio Giani (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 269-274 IWP 9: Interview No. 9: Rhodri Jones (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 275-277 IWP 10: Interview No. 10: Daniela Luise (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 279-282 IWP 11: Interview No. 11: Elisabetta Martinelli (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 283-286 IWP 12: Interview No. 12: Giulia Meloncelli (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 287-291 IWP 13: Interview No. 13: Paola Poggipollini (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 293-296 IWP 14: Interview No. 14: Carlo Ratti (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 297-299 IWP 15: Interview No. 15: Niccolò Ronchi (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 301-305 IWP 16: Interview No. 16: Antonio Salinari (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 307-312 IWP 17: Interview No. 17: Omero Soliman (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 313-317 IWP 18: Interview No. 18: Jeremy Tamanini (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 319-322 IWP 19: Interview No. 19: Joaquim Tarrasó Climent (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 323-327 IWP 20: Interview No. 20: Paolo Taticchi (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 329-333 IWP 21: Interview No. 21: Paula Cristina Cayolla Morais Trindade (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 335-337 IWP 22: Interview No. 22: Eleonora Vallone (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 339-345 APPENDIX – INTERVIEW TRANSLATIONS (IT) (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 347-389 Front Matter ....Pages 391-391 CS 1: Case Study 1: The Buddhas of Bâmiyân—An Unsustainable Loss (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 393-396 CS 2: Case Study 2: An Adriatic Sea Project That Communicates the Idea of Sustainability (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 397-399 CS 3: Case Study 3: When Communicating the Environment: The Common Sense Makes the Difference (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 401-402 CS 4: Case Study 4: The Communicative and Participatory Strength to Make Milan More Sustainable (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 403-406 CS 5: Case Study 5: The Sustainability Communicated by the Young People—Dribbling the Sustainability “Skateboard” (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 407-409 CS 6: Case Study 6: The Tools of the Urban Planning Give Voice to Environment (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 411-414 CS 7: Case Study 7: When Objects Communicate the Environment (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 415-417 CS 8: Case Study 8: Treepedia, the Project That Makes Trees the Eco-communicators (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 419-421 CS 9: Case Study 9: The “Soul” of Architecture Communicates the Respect of the Environment Through the Five Senses (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 423-426 CS 10: Case Study 10: A New Visual Communication Tool to Facilitate Any Decision-Maker Task—The State of Green Transition Index (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 427-429 CS 11: Case Study 11: Communicating the Environment Through the Architectural Linguistic Code (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 431-434 CS 12: Case Study 12: Communicating the Sustainability as a Driver of Innovation: Three Italian Eco-Virtuous Examples (Maurizio Abbati)....Pages 435-438 Back Matter ....Pages 439-440