Why Our Students Should Debate Climate Change
Teaching the history of science in an age of climate denialism produces surprising questions about nature, knowledge, and democracy.
Category: Fieldnotes
The Arrowhead on the Internet: A Conversation with National Park Service Cartographer Mamata Akella
Cartographer Mamata Akella discusses her work with NPMap, a project to create web mapping tools for the national parks.
Planning with the People: Jess Gilbert on the “Intended” New Deal
In an interview about his new book, “Planning Democracy,” Jess Gilbert challenges the perceived divide between experts and citizens.
Every Voice Matters: Michael Goodwin on Place-Based Education
In this interview, teacher Michael Goodwin explains how place-based education can engage high school students and administrators from many backgrounds.
Coke and Capitalism: A Conversation with Bart Elmore
Bart Elmore discusses how Coke came to shape landscapes and bodies the world over, and what that suggests for the future of corporate sustainability.
Knowledge in Translation: Speaking Across Disciplines at the CHE Graduate Student Symposium
Students, faculty, and associates from the CHE community and beyond gathered on February 4th, 2015 for the eighth annual Graduate Student Symposium.
Look to the Land: Visualizing Change in Agriculture
Recent trends in data visualization suggest powerful new ways of exploring environmental change over time.
“It’s Only Whites Who Go There”: On Safari in Uganda
A safari trip inspires wonder at both what is found in a game park and who is not.
On Edge in the “Devil’s Gardens” of Bosnia
In Bosnia, the beauty of the mountains is filtered by fear: in some places, the dangerous residues of war hide just below the Earth’s surface.
Documenting DC: Understanding a City, One Building at a Time
At what scale should we document DC’s changing built environment? What current conditions make this documentation so very essential? A reflection on the joys, difficulties, and motivations for doing fieldwork in the unfamiliar parts of one’s home city.
