Community Voices, Practices, and Memories in Environmental Communication: Iliamna Lake Yup’ik Place Names, Alaska

Abstract

This chapter discusses an environmental communication approach, using certain Indigenous place names as examples of how residents of communities around Iliamna Lake, Alaska, not only use place names to convey environmental and spatial information, but also to emphasize the temporal and spiritual relationships between the people and the land. Place names and stories about these places often reveal local histories and affirm cultural ethics. Elders sharing their feelings and stories about these places with younger generations affirm the residents’ connection to the streams, lakes, and other landmarks in the Iliamna Lake area. Participating in daily activities and sharing oral traditions of the landscape are at the core of the environmental communication used by residents of Iliamna Lake communities to live in harmony with nature.

Developing ecological piety in pesantren: the Kyai’s cognition and the practice of living fiqh al-bī’ah in Banten

“…The internalisation of environmental awareness within the Pesantren Salafi and Pesantren Darul Qolam illustrates the attainment of dual social functions within environmental communication (Kugo, 2022). The kyai effectively advocated for genuine environmentally friendly behaviour among all pesantren personnel.…”

“…Environmental communication encompasses two pivotal social functions: the encouragement of individuals to adopt environmentally responsible behaviours and the influence on how individuals perceive and construct significance within their surrounding environment (Kugo, 2022). Both of these social functions manifest notably in the dissemination of ecological piety by the kyais.…”