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Conversations with Planet Ocean: Plastic Pollution and the Common Heritage of Humankind

This story-based journey is an eclectic discussion on marine plastic pollution. It responds to the Environmental Humanities by bringing material history, personal experiences as well as ecotheories and natural sciences together. The conversational style, likeshifting tides, speaks to anyone who wishes to develop a broader understanding on plastic pollution and its ecological consequences. While much …

Primary-school children and the stress caused by the loss of their beloved ones − Recognition, understanding, help and support

This work outlines the characteristics of primary-school children’s notion of death, their reactions to the death of their loved ones and needs which adults, to whom they become even more dependent in the circumstances of lost, can meet. The preconditions of successful assistance to children who mourn the deceased are; knowing and acknowledging the issues …