Atlas of Green Energy Transitions

Power, Conflict, and Possibilities
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-77167-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

Written by scholars and activists, Atlas of Green Energy Transitions: Frontiers of Power, Conflict, and Possibilities employs immersive first-person narrative descriptions and rich imagery to tell the oft-revealing stories of contestation, exploitation, and complication within the landscapes upon which the world’s green energy transition depends: the unsanctioned cobalt mines of the Congo, the solar farms clearing vast tracts of the Mojave Desert, the scattered e-waste operations of Zimbabwe, among others. Organized around the global supply chain, each chapter traces an abiotic protagonist from extraction to consumption, exploring the ecological and cultural contexts of its use in renewable energy technologies.

In response to these stories, counternarratives propose alternatives to silver-bullet ecomodernism, advocating for just practices and reciprocal relationships with our host landscapes. Grounded in the specificity of place, the collection heightens awareness of land relations and global interconnection. It not only engages with the urgent realities of the energy transition but also showcases landscape architecture’s unique ability to visualize environmental challenges, prompt interdisciplinary action, and imagine transformative futures. The book targets an audience of students and practitioners of the built environment while seeking to inspire the inner designer in all readers.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Professional Practice & Development, and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Seibert, Matthew

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Petrologie, Mineralogie
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Garten- und Landschaftsarchitektur
• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Gestaltung, Darstellung, Bautechnik
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Dark Side of Green  1. Sun: Solar Farms and a Mojave Desert Under Threat  2. Wind: Wind Power and Deepening Conflicts in Biobío, Chile  3. Aluminum: Smelting with Iceland's Melting Glaciers  4. Photovoltaics: Unpacking the Waste Chalenges of a Global Industry  5. E-Waste: Reclaiming the Digital Detritus, Forging a Sustainable Dawn in Zimbabwe  6. Hydrogen: Landscape and Literacy along Canada's Peace River  7. Rare Earths: Extractive Frontiers of Green Capitalism in South Greenland  8. Lithium: White Gold and Black Geographies of Resistance in Brazil 9. Cobalt: Eating Congo Caviar at the End of the World  Conclusion: Where Histories are Held and Futures Rehearsed  Center the Periphery: or, How to Invert a Mine  Circularize the Economy: Designing for Disassembly  Overlap Systems: Searching for Symbiosis  Reduce Energy, Build Community: The Cultural Project of a True Transition

Über Autor(innen)

Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture at The University of Virginia, Matthew Seibert’s work aspires to encourage one to rethink their position and relation to the world by challenging dominant modes of knowledge production. This is seen as the first, fundamental step in a theory of change towards a just, more promising future.