User:Cassidylight/Choose an Article

Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Sustainable gardening:
 * Article is concise in the lead section but only discusses the benefits of sustainable gardening without listing or explaining the practices that are used in this type of small scale agriculture. Information is up to date and unbiased just missing key points as mentioned. There are only four sources provided, one being a case study from academia.edu while others are from gardenersmag and other websites discussing the topic. A bit unorganized in the way it was written, both grammatically and spatially, with commas and punctuation out of whack and little explanation of the topic other than how it benefits ecosystems.
 * https://doi.org/10.1525/cse.2018.001545
 * https://www.gardenersmag.com/crown-of-thorns/
 * https://archive.org/details/greencitiesatozg0000unse
 * https://www.sustainablesites.org/:
 * https://www.sustainablesites.org/:

Option 2

 * Ecovillage:
 * Listed as a start class article with lots of room for improvement I would say it is well written, more so than the last article. It clearly defines what an ecovillage is, providing examples of places around the world that live in these villages and goes into the history behind how eco villages began in early America and got overturned by the industrial world. Information is up to date and article explains how many people are a part of these communities but only briefly lists the practices they partake in such as bioclimatic agriculture and renewable power sources. Lists 25 sources and further reading resources related to the topic from academical websites
 * Christian, D. 2003.  Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities New Society Publishers.  ISBN 0-86571-471-1
 * https://doi.org/10.1016/S0272-4944(03)00025-2
 * https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026609360:
 * https://doi.org/10.1177/1086026609360:

Option 3

 * Ecofeminism:
 * Rated a B score with only 54% completeness this article actually seems to be almost complete not needing much editing. It gives an elaborate definition of what ecofeminism is and draws key points from historical writing pieces written by female authors about ecofeminism that have long contributed to this idea. The content stays neutral throughout, stating information without biases and addresses equity gaps in wikipedia talking about both women and the environment, two topics that can be controversial to some. :
 * 72 sources including additional sources from books rather than academic articles.
 * The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution by Carolyn Merchant
 * https://www.routledge.com/Ecofeminist-Science-Fiction-International-Perspectives-on-Gender-Ecology/Vakoch/p/book/9780367716417

Option 4

 * Ecofeminist art:
 * Shorter article but explains clearly what this style of art is and how it came about based off ideologies from books written about ecofeminism in general. This article goes more into depth about art pieces created with the inspiration of ecofeminism and introduces The Women's Environmental Art Directory (WEAD) which is a group of environmental artists, most of them being women. Could use more information and pictures of these female artists along with their artwork to give more recognition.:
 * Only 7 sources listed from female authors who have written books about the concept of ecofeminism
 * Orenstein, Gloria Feman; Diamond, Irene (1990), Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism, San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, ISBN 0-87156-694-X :

Option 5

 * Environmentalism of the poor:
 * Similar to environmental racism this article discusses the ways impoverished or under developed communities of color are typically displaced and disregarded by big corporations when it comes to making space for new developments and having access to resources such as clean drinking water and air quality. The content is up to date and provides a lot of background information that contributes to the reality of this environmental injustice. This article addresses an equity gap interns of thinking about BIPOC communities and how they are affected by issues rising with climate change. Based on a 2002 book titled Environmentalism of the Poor written by Joan Martinez along with resources from academic journals. Well written but without any pictures :
 * 62 sources academic journals and .gov websites
 * https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7418451
 * https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12216: