Edge Effects, One Million Views Later
Past and present managing editors of Edge Effects reflect on the magazine’s history and celebrate how far it has come since launching in 2014.
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For the Love of Frogs
Poison dart frogs in Colombia face threats from deforestation and the illegal wildlife trade. Heather Swan profiles Ivan Lozano, a conservationist who has dedicated his life to breeding and protecting these frogs.
Faculty Favorites: Books That Go Beyond the Classroom
Six scholars from campuses across the country recommend new environmental books about the blue humanities, environmental justice, the histories of bikes and blockades, and more.
2021 Year in Review
For our final post of 2021, Edge Effects editors look back on a memorable year of essays, poems, and podcast conversations about the environment that inspired us and offered hope during another year of pandemic life.
The Hidden Histories of Mud Crabs and Oil Monsters in Singapore: A Panel Discussion
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Neo Xiaoyun, and Yogesh Tulsi discuss their contributions to the anthology Eating Chilli Crab in the Anthropocene: Environmental Perspectives on Life in Singapore.
Reckoning With Deep Time For A Livable World
Katie Mummah reviews Vincent Ialenti’s book Deep Time Reckoning, which uses lessons from nuclear waste disposal to show how long-term thinking can help us and the planet.
A Syllabus for Plantation Worlds
Drawing from postcolonial, Caribbean, Black, and Indigenous Studies, Sophie Sapp Moore and Aida Arosoaie curate a reading list that highlights the complex dynamics of plantation worlds, past and present. Their syllabus is the perfect end to our series on the Plantationocene.
Attuning the Senses
In this multimedia meditation, Petra Rethmann describes how the practice of sensorial attunement (or attention to the world around her) brought healing and clarity to her pandemic isolation.
The Roots of (Radical) Animism: A Conversation with Jemma Deer
In conversation with Shelby Brewster, Jemma Deer discusses her new book, Radical Animism: Reading for the End of the World.
Mapping the Planetary: Five Questions for Dipesh Chakrabarty
Historian and postcolonial studies scholar Dipesh Chakrabarty discusses the relationships between humans and the planets we imagine, construct, and inhabit.
