TY - BOOK ID - 128862738 TI - Welcome to the anthropocene : the earth in our hands AU - Möllers, Nina AU - Schwägerl, Christian AU - Trischler, Helmuth AU - Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society AU - Deutsches Museum (Germany) PY - 2015 SN - 9783940396495 3940396494 PB - Germany : Deutsches Museum Verlag, DB - UniCat KW - Nature conservation KW - Nature KW - Ecology KW - Global environmental change KW - Ecology. KW - Global environmental change. KW - Nature conservation. KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Effect of human beings on. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:128862738 AB - The catalog accompanying the exhibition explores the concept of the Anthropocene. It looks at the complexity of human influence on the Earth and how this is reflected in urban development, mobility, energy, climate, food, nature, and global justice. In the essay section, contribution by distinguished scholars discuss the history of the concept of the Anthropocene, its characteristics and consequences, and life in the Anthropocene both today and in the future, as well as the importance of the idea for education, research, and museums. Artistic and literary contributions offer new ways of looking at the changing relationship between humans and nature. Finally,a "making of" section explains the design choices and guiding principles behind the exhibition. ER -