ABSTRACT
The implicit and explicit indifference toward the natural environment in dystopic visions of both the present and the future, and the apocalyptic, militaristic model out of which these narratives grow manifests ecophobia. Fear of the loss of agency and the loss of predictability are what form the core of ecophobia, and it is a fear of a loss of agency (or the proximity of things that would cause such a loss) that is behind our primary responses, at least, to pain, death, and even sleep. The sheer complexity and size of ecophobia is daunting, and the data streaming in by the second can be overwhelming: "since the attacks of 9/11, the media have been bombarding the world with images and stories about terrorism". Ecophobia textures humanity's relationship with the natural world. News media and film have been a sizeable component of this packaging of ecophobia and terror, and the effects have been profound.
