Edgy Stuff: August 2015 Recommendations
August 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board …
Being With Bees
A beekeeper struggles to make sense of aggression from her typically docile insect charges …
Edgy Stuff: June 2015 Recommendations
June 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board …
Tapping the Past for California’s Water Future
California’s current drought offers an occasion for rethinking how our relationship to the past can help us confront crisis …
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 …
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 …
Look to the Land: Visualizing Change in Agriculture
Recent trends in data visualization suggest powerful new ways of exploring environmental change over time …
Review: “The Third Plate: Field Notes on the Future of Food”
Dan Barber’s “The Third Plate” resists the ethical pitfalls of farm-to-table dining, instead proposing an ethics of flavor to orient agriculture and its cuisine. What are the implications of a land and sea ethic guided by flavor? …
Taste of Homes: Food and Familiarity
What are the connections between food, place, and belonging? An attempt to make New York-style cheesecake in France suggests some answers …
Edgy Stuff: October 2014 Recommendations
October recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board …
