Four Greco-Roman Perspectives on Humans and the Environment
What did ancient people think about human impacts on the environment? Four passages offer perspectives from Greece and Rome.
A Liberian Journey
Long-forgotten film footage launches a collaborative recollection of history and memory, and gives new meaning to the past in post-conflict Liberia.
Rethinking Girodet’s Portrait of Citizen Belley
A late eighteenth-century painting of a moment that never happened illuminates our complex struggles with how to “deal with” the past.
5 Ways to Ford the Dam(n)ed Mississippi River
CHE’s upcoming place-based workshop elicits questions—and several suggestions—about how to navigate a river and its watershed.
Learning Cartography; or, a Gallery of Awesome Maps
Exploring family farms, racial inequality, sea monsters, and much more, student mapmakers gain new understandings of place.
An Ode to Madison’s Lake Monster
A story about sea serpents, water spirits, and how Madison’s lake monster lore invites an ethic of coexistence.
Edgy Stuff: April 2016 Recommendations
April 2016 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Chernobyl at Thirty: A Special Edition Environment and Health Roundtable
Drawing from presentations at the recent meeting of the American Society for Environmental History in Seattle, a historian, an ecologist, and a political scientist bring their different perspectives to bear on central questions of knowledge stirred by Chernobyl. What have we learned, or not?
The Urban Buzz: Pollinator Protection in Madison, Wisconsin
A variety of bees inhabit urban spaces alongside us. In Madison, efforts are underway to improve habitats for the pollinators.
From Lines to Stories: New Visualizations of Syria’s Borders
The Mapping Borders project rethinks Syria’s borders, adding individual experiences and stories to the “line.”