Alwin Frank Fill (1940–2026) 🖤💐 R.I.P.

Alwin F. Fill was an Austrian linguist and Professor Emeritus of English Linguistics at the University of Graz, Austria. He is best known as a pioneer in the development of ecolinguistics. Among his most influential works are The Ecolinguistics Reader, a foundational collection that helped define the field, and The Routledge Handbook of Ecolinguistics, a major reference work that became an essential resource for scholars and students of ecolinguistics.
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Richard Alexander (1945–2026) 🖤💐 R.I.P.

Richard J. Alexander was a British linguist and Professor Emeritus at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, known for his work in critical discourse analysis, ecolinguistics, and business communication. He was the author of Framing Discourse on the Environment: A Critical Discourse Approach, an influential study of how language shapes public understanding of environmental issues.
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Call for Papers
Corpus Studies in Ecolinguistics
Special Issue of Digital Studies in Language and Literature
Guest editor: Robert Poole
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Call for Book Chapters
Environmentalism in Language Education: Global South Perspectives
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https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/critical-language-awareness-in-action
Critical Language Awareness in Action: Change the World One Story at a Time
University of Groningen
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https://www.whp-journals.co.uk/PP/issue/view/171
Plant Perspectives: An Interdisciplinary Journal
Volume 3, Issue 1, 2026 (Full Issue)
#journal #article
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The ongoing 2026 edition of Language and Ecology
(also accessible on the journal’s website)

Articles

• The destructive force of nature and the constructive force of community: Social representations of the 2024 Valencia floods
by Brigitte Nerlich and Rusi Jaspal [Download]

• Ambivalent ecolinguistic narratives in indigenous music: A critical and positive discourse analysis of the Ekegusii song “Engamia ya Nyasae” (The Camel, Too, Is God’s Creation)
by Albert Mogambi-Moinani and Margaret Nasambu Barasa [Download]

• Beyond the horizon: A more-than-human and holistic approach to language
by Gaya Seldon [Download]

• AI world models, ecolinguistics, and ecosophical prediction: Whose worlds get predicted?
by Jorge Vallego [Download]

• The interpretive nature signs and arborglyphs of Cooper Mountain Nature Park
by Talitha May [Download]

• Le potentiel transformateur de l’écriture de fictions centrées sur la nature [in French]
by Charlotte Tamisier and Anne-Caroline Prévot [Download]

Creative Works

• Three bears and Goldilocks’ resurrection
by Gazelle Buchholtz [Download]
 
• Bleue comme une limule [in French]
by Charlotte Tamisier [Download]

• Cyprès de mon cœur [in French]
by Charlotte Tamisier [Download]

#journal #article
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Representation of Plants in Discourse: From Neglect to Recognition
Maria Bortoluzzi
2026
Bloomsbury
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The Discursive Construction of Veganism: An Ecolinguistics Approach
Mario Leto
2026
Bloomsbury
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Ecological Discourse Analysis: Concept, Approaches and Analytical Tools
Wei He, Ruijie Zhang, and Ran Gao
2026
Bloomsbury
#book

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/podcasts/climate-connection
The Climate Connection
A ten-part podcast series from the British Council exploring the relationship between the climate crisis and language education
#podcast

https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/training/courses/climate-action-language-education
Climate Action in Language Education
A free training course by the British Council
#online_course

Rewriting our relationship with nature – Mallory Malz
#video

Can language change our relationship with nature? – David Abram
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Ecocriticism: How literature reflects our relationship with nature
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Interspecies Negotiations: Human–Wildlife Conflict in Indian Literature
Susan Haris and Anu Pande (Eds.)
2026
Bloomsbury
#book

Environmental and Nature Writing: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology
(2nd edition)
Sean Prentiss and Joe Wilkins
2026
Bloomsbury
#book