The Faces of Itaipu: Community, Memory, and Struggle in Rural Brazil
A photo essay explores the realities of life and struggle in rural Brazil.
Bike Battles: A Conversation on the Road with James Longhurst
A new book by historian James Longhurst profiles the long and contested history of bicycling and (spoiler alert!) the not-so-open road in the United States.
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.
Building Beaches: Beach Nourishment in the United States
A hard look at the soft engineering that goes into our beaches.
“Nature led the way”: The legacy of city planner John Nolen
A new biography of one of the founders of city planning in the US connects urban reform efforts from the early twentieth century with today’s environmental issues.
Edgy Stuff: July 2015 Recommendations
July 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
The Art of Offering: A Woodworker’s Lessons on Collaboration
What can art teach us about fieldwork? Sometimes the stories we tell belong to others.
“Somewhere That’s Green”: Little Shop of Horrors and the Man-Eating Lawns of Cairo
What a musical about a man-eating plant can tell us about Egypt’s disastrous desert development.
Green Conservatives: A Conversation with Brian Drake
Advocates of small government have a long and uncharted history within US environmentalism, argues Brian Drake in an interview about his recent book.