Edge Effects: 2015 In Review
The Edge Effects Editorial Board looks back on 2015.
The Refugee Crisis in Europe: Responses to Four Important Questions
The ongoing refugee crisis in Europe raises complex questions about language, people, and geography.
Rewilding the Badger Army Ammunition Plant
Volunteers and stakeholders bring prairie ecosystems back to life on the grounds of what was once the world’s largest munitions facility.
From Yavin’s Moon to the Pit of Carkoon: 7 Ways Space and Place Change How We Watch Star Wars
What do we notice if we watch Star Wars as a space epic?
The Stories and Languages of Home: A Conversation with Robin W. Kimmerer
Dr. Robin W. Kimmerer speaks about indigenous knowledges, traditional science, and the stories and words that connect us to our nonhuman homes.
The Shape of Hope
Fishing provides the opportunity to reconsider the grounds for hope in this time of the Anthropocene.
Chloroform and Butcher Birds: Violence in Late 19th-Century Children’s Literature
Children’s novels from the nature study movement contain strikingly violent episodes, a fact that pushes us to rethink our understanding of period environmental ethics.
Killing Birds
The recent collection of a rare bird re-ignites the debate among scientists and broader publics about the value of lethal techniques for studying wildlife.
Pictures Make History: West German Environmentalism from 1950 to 1990
Drawing helps an environmental historian make sense of changing ideas of nature in West Germany.
Edgy Stuff: November 2015 Recommendations
November 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.