Creationism, Mastodons, and Natural History in Kentucky
In northern Kentucky, conflicting stories about natural history mirror the religious and scientific debates of the late eighteenth century.
Category: Essays
The Surveyor’s Stone: Unearthing Hidden Markers of the American Landscape
Buried in the nineteenth century, stone markers continue to serve as the official, and often elusive, demarcation points of the Public Land Survey System.
Playing With Fire in Indonesia’s Peatlands
Indonesia’s previously swampy forests have become unpredictable, fuel-rich fire traps.
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.
Nature and the Rules of Race: A Conversation with Carolyn Finney
The importance of storytelling in elucidating and challenging understandings of race and the environment.
Mining for Change in Bolivia
Despite changing political contexts, mining continues to define culture and landscapes in Bolivia.
The Cannabis Frontier
For 40 years California’s Emerald Triangle has provided the one critical environmental factor required to grow cannabis: isolation. That’s about to change.
The First Green Developer
Charles E. Fraser built a South Carolina beach resort privileging environmental protection, leaving a complex legacy for conservation and development today.
Female Birds Sing, Too
When a long-dominant theory about sexual selection’s role in the evolution of bird song is corrected, what happens to conventional ideas about the sex of singing birds?
The Ethics of Ceremony at Standing Rock
Activists at Standing Rock bring a sense of ceremony to environmental politics.
