Can Socialism Save the Planet?
Twentieth-century socialist countries get a worse environmental rap than they deserve, and some social theorists are attempting to reinvigorate Marx for the Anthropocene. Here’s where they go wrong.
Category: Commentary
Biosphere 2: Why an Eccentric Ecological Experiment Still Matters 25 Years Later
Four scholars and one of the original “biospherians” offer their takes on perhaps the largest private science experiment in history.
Turning Toward
A writer’s poignant reflections on care and healing. What might happen if we all turned toward, instead of away?
The Ethics of Ceremony at Standing Rock
Activists at Standing Rock bring a sense of ceremony to environmental politics.
Can Environmental Thinking Help Solve Gerrymandering?
Paying renewed attention to culture, history, and environment can help us confront the problem of gerrymandering and draw electoral districts that make sense.
Dueling Manifestos: Responses to an Ecological Crisis
This comparison of the Leap and the Ecomodernist Manifestos finds hope in an ethic of care.
Nature’s Finance: Perspectives on Markets and Conservation
Markets have become increasingly popular for enacting conservation goals, but they challenge us to consider our relationship to nature in new ways.
Doing Environmental Studies During Times of Racialized Violence
In the last few weeks, two grand juries declined to indict the police officers who killed Michael Brown and Eric Garner. What can scholars in the environmental humanities and social sciences say about racialized state violence?
Help, I’ve Got GAS!
GAS, or “Gear Acquisition Syndrome,” affects even environmentalists. Is it a noble disease or a base symptom of consumerism?
The Dirty Details: A Response to “Tales of the Trash”
A response to Peter Hessler’s New Yorker essay “Tales of the Trash” reveals how garbage in Cairo is both rich with politics and littered with orientalist distractions.
