Category: Fieldnotes
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Talking Transformation in Beijing
in FieldnotesA conference in China brings graduate students from around the world together to discuss environmental transformation.
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Same Place, Different Photograph
in FieldnotesRepeat 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.
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The Urban Buzz: Pollinator Protection in Madison, Wisconsin
in FieldnotesA variety of bees inhabit urban spaces alongside us. In Madison, efforts are underway to improve habitats for the pollinators.
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From Lines to Stories: New Visualizations of Syria’s Borders
in FieldnotesThe Mapping Borders project rethinks Syria’s borders, adding individual experiences and stories to the “line.”
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Finding the Words: An Account of E is for Environment, CHE’s 2016 Graduate Student Symposium
in FieldnotesA meeting of minds at CHE’s 2016 graduate student symposium broadens the environmental vocabulary.
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Exploitation and Conservation Among the Ancient Maya
in FieldnotesEnvironmental exploitation has been linked to the collapse of the Mayan society, but the Maya may in fact have been environmental stewards.
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Notes from the Great Transition
in FieldnotesTraining people to help create communities that are better suited to a changing environment is important work—but quite a challenge when it’s not at all clear what that future will look like.
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Why Are Snowflakes Individually Unique?
in FieldnotesA scientific explanation for a piece of folk meteorology.
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Land Use Legacies: What We Do in Life Echoes in Eternity
in FieldnotesThe ecological legacy of our ancestors is deeply engraved in the environment today—a fact that reminds us of our shared responsibility to our descendants.
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Rewilding the Badger Army Ammunition Plant
in FieldnotesVolunteers and stakeholders bring prairie ecosystems back to life on the grounds of what was once the world’s largest munitions facility.