An Environmental Playlist of the Twentieth Century
Take a trip through the twentieth century to explore the development of environmental themes through popular music.
Category: Checklists
Faculty Favorites: Fall into these Environmental Excursions
Faculty from Idaho to Washington, DC chime in on favorite environmentally focused books they are excited to teach this fall.
Seven Ways of Looking at an Eclipse
We know the effects total solar eclipses have on birds, squirrels, and spiders. But what do they do to people?
A Reading List To Stay Grounded On Earth Day
Recommendations of environmental history books that carry us from stardust to coal dust and back, just in time for Earth Day.
What Eight Waves of Migration Can Tell Us About Human-Environment Relationships
Immigration is often driven by environmental change, and immigrants themselves often change the landscapes they come to inhabit when they arrive. Examining the geographic history of past immigrants and refugees can inform present debates.
Faculty Favorites: Books for an Engaged Spring
Environmental scholars in the United States and Europe share the books they’re most excited about teaching this spring.
A Syllabus for Contextualizing Energy Policy Debates
Visions of the future of United States energy production cannot be understood without a good sense of the past. We’ve gathered some of the most helpful sources for thinking historically about energy.
Six Quick Lessons in How to Read a Landscape
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 Try these tips on introducing students to the practice of treating landscapes as historical documents.
Edge Effects: 2016 in Review
The Edge Effects editorial board looks back on 2016.
Edgy Stuff: November 2016 Recommendations
November 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
