Al Gore and the Global South: A Review of “An Inconvenient Sequel”
Climate change advocacy requires finding common ground. Al Gore’s new documentary highlights the importance of listening to the Global South to find solutions.
Tagged: Anthropocene
Seeds as Time Capsules
When Courtney Fullilove looks inside a seed, she sees Mennonite farmers, Comanche agriculture, and Echinacea patents. Her new book, “The Profit of the Earth,” shows that the genes of a seed can narrate the history of American empire.
Politics for a Maimed World: A Conversation with Jedediah Purdy
The acclaimed cultural critic and author of “After Nature” set off to explore the uncharted depths of the Anthropocene. But he found Thoreau there waiting for him.
Humility and Hubris: A Review of Luc Jacquet’s “Ice and the Sky”
Even with the impacts of the Anthropocene, it would be hubristic not to realize that ice and sky will far outlast anything so puny as humanity.
Expressing Extinction: A Conversation with Anna Lehner
During this period of rapid political change, glass and Morse code provide mediums for reflection on the environment and extinction.
Turning Toward
A writer’s poignant reflections on care and healing. What might happen if we all turned toward, instead of away?
Review: Adam Trexler’s Anthropocene Fictions
A new book surveys 150 novels about climate change and makes the case for the virtues of cli-fi.
Talking Transformation in Beijing
A conference in China brings graduate students from around the world together to discuss environmental transformation.
Environmental Complacency and the Rise of Distraction; or, How I Learned to Embrace Worrying and Love Movies
How do species extinctions past and present affect our daily lives? What can we do to connect to environmental change?
On Care in Dark Times
How Emily Dickinson might tell the story of the Anthropocene.
