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At first, linguists thought of language as something existing within
the human brain, but they ignored the rest. Then linguists thought of
language as existing within human societies, and discovered its power
to influence and shape those societies. But beyond societies of humans
interacting with other humans, they still ignored the rest.  Now we
are beginning to realise that we ignore the rest at our peril, and at
the peril of all life on earth. Ecolinguists think of language as
existing within the delicate ecosystems which bind together the lives
of all animals, plants and the Earth. And the goal of ecolinguistics
is to explore the influence that language can have in shaping these
ecosystems and contributing to ecological devastation or harmony.

The discipline of ecolinguistics is fairly new, and does not yet have
a refereed journal. The Centre for Language and Ecology is therefore
launching a new on-line magazine which aims to present lively and
accessible articles on ecolinguistics.

If you are interested in finding out more about ecolinguistics, or
reading the February 2004 issue of Language & Ecology Online Magazine,
then please look at this site:

http://www.ecoling.net

Ryoko Harada
Centre for Language and Ecology
Futsukaichi 975, Fukuoka, Japan

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Contents page of February 2004 issue of Language & Ecology Online
Magazine
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Editorial: The 'controlled environment'
Are humans building a world which resembles an intensive pig farm?

Article 1: Pigs, discourse, and ecological destruction
A look at the ecologically devastating consequences of the discourse
of the pork industry.

Article 2: Moving away from ecological 'political correctness'...
What is a 'non-domesticated nonhuman'? And do we really need terms
like this?

Article 3: Towards Poetic Activism
A way of challenging ecologically destructive discourses without
creating a stifling new orthodoxy.

Article 4: Poetic activism and pigs
New ways of thinking about our porcine cousins