Language & Ecology is an online journal focusing on critical analysis of discourses implicated in environmental destruction, and exploration of alternative discourses and their potential to contribute to ecological sustainability. The journal also publishes articles which explore the application of ecolinguistics to Education for Sustainable Development.
Contributors The journal welcomes articles (up to 4000 words) or comments (up to 1000 words) which are written in accessible language and are relevant to the aims of the journal. Email articles directly to:
admina @ ecoling . net 
Language & Ecology vol.1 no.3 Special issue on language, health and ecology
Editorial: Language, health and ecology
The relationship between human health and the health of the planet, and the discourses which can improve or destroy both
Language & Ecology     ISSN 1745-3631
Article 1: Masculinity, health and ecological destruction
A look at the emerging concept of men's health and the potential consequences for health and ecology
Article 2: Real men do shop: Images of masculinity and consumerism in Men's Health magazine
The ecological consequences of the newly constructed 'male consumer'
Comment: Live a little... 
Some comments about the disputed meaning of 'living'.

edited by Arran Stibbe and Paul Slater 
Language & Ecology vol.1 no.2 Special issue on humans and other animals
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.

Language & Ecology vol.1 no.4
Chance encounters: ecology and haiku-inspired photography
Arran Stibbe - describes how the linguistic grammar of haiku can be applied to nature photography in an effort to inspire respect for nature.
Extending the circle of compassion to include nonhuman animals:
The case of the use of who as seen in grammars and dictionaries
George Jacobs - investigates the use of the pronoun who in the case of nonhuman animals

Linguistic sustainability and language ecology 
Albert Bastardas-Boada - applies the metaphor of sustainability to the protection of language diversity
editorial board
Ecology and the magic of economics 
Arran Stibbe - describes the processes by which the discourse of micro-economics magically creates the reality which it describes
Language & Ecology vol.2 no.1    Special issue on the discourse of advertising
Consumed by consumerism: the persuasive discourse of financial institutions Ian Grabowski
a close up look at the linguistic techniques used by financial institutions in their promotion of consumerism and debt

The Janus Machine: computers, language, and the enclosure of the cultural commons  C. A. Bowers
a wide ranging discussion of the social and ecological impact of computers

Philosophy, language, and the titanic Mind-Set  C. A. Bowers an exploration of the philosophical and linguistic basis of the industrial/scientific way of thinking that produced the Titanic as well the majority of today’s technologies - technologies that are putting us on the collision course of exceeding what the Earth’s natural systems can sustain.

Poem: License to dredge Jenni Meredith

The gadgeteer: sex, self and consumerism in
Stuff magazine Paul Slater
a critical analysis of the depiction of electronic gadgets in a
consumer magazine and the consequences for the environment
Magic Romance: on perfume, language and the
environment Michelle Gargan
an exploration of the marketing techniques used to persuade
consumers to purchase a product linked to environmental
damage and allergies
On voit grand. Très grand : language and the construction of nature across cultures Rachel Williams
a look at how language constructs nature in a variety of French and English sources, from fabric softener advertisements to horse-racing
Language & Ecology vol.2 no.2
Acceptance and avoidance of responsibility
in world leaders’ statements about climate change Mai Kuha
an exploration of the representation of responsibility for climate change based on discourse analysis of speeches by six national leaders


Language & Ecology   Recent Papers
Linguistic erosion on the Chesapeake: intergenerational diachronic shifts in lexicalizations of the bay Anjali Pandey
investigates the linguistic cultural geography of the Chesapeake Bay