This collection examines how activism, media, and creative practices shape our understanding of the climate crisis. Bringing together perspectives from media studies, environmental humanities, and artistic research, Confronting the Climate Crisis: Activism, Technology and Ecoaesthetics explores how digital technologies, protest movements, and ecoaesthetic interventions influence ecological discourse. Fifteen chapters interrogate a range of case studies, from student activism and climate-related art to the role of video games, memes, and machine learning in framing and comprehending environmental collapse. The collection also considers how experimental cinema, podcasts, and documentary practices can move beyond entertainment and spectacle to foster lasting and meaningful action against environmental change. Highlighting the intersections of politics, technology, and aesthetics, this book offers a vital resource for scholars, artists, and activists seeking to navigate and challenge contemporary climate narratives. It argues that creative and technological interventions are essential to rethinking our relationship with the planet and shaping new modes of ecological action.

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Daniel Binns is a tinkerer-theorist exploring technology's impact on storytelling and media cultures. A leading scholar on digital creativity and media transformation, Daniel has published on AI-generated media, Netflix documentary style, drones, game engines, and the evolution of media genres including the war film and superhero media.

Rebecca Najdowski is an artist-researcher exploring how we visualise climate change through imaging technologies. Through experimental approaches to photographic media, Rebecca investigates the mediation of ecological systems and environmental transformation. Her creative research uses analog experimentation, 3D photogrammetry, and generative AI to build frameworks that question conventional representations of nature.