Excavating the Private Sphere
A photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.
A photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.
How do you teach someone to re-see a place they know well? Try these tips on introducing students to the practice of treating landscapes as historical documents.
Activists gather at a summit over factory farm expansion, offering an economic vision based on the value of clean water.
A traveling exhibit celebrates the life of John Muir and the centennial of the National Parks Service.
Repeat photography is used by a range of scientists and artists as a form of data collection, but also raises deeper questions about the nature of truth.
CHE’s upcoming place-based workshop elicits questions—and several suggestions—about how to navigate a river and its watershed.
A story about sea serpents, water spirits, and how Madison’s lake monster lore invites an ethic of coexistence.
The establishment of Station 9XM and experimental educational broadcasting is part of a larger story of radio and The Wisconsin Idea.
Volunteers and stakeholders bring prairie ecosystems back to life on the grounds of what was once the world’s largest munitions facility.
Devising a fire ritual for a friend’s wedding inspires one author to consider how environmental rituals connect sacred and ordinary parts of our lives.