Tag: Health and Medicine
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Making Zines for Science: Five Questions for Christine Liu
Artist and neuroscientist Christine Liu shares her zines, Nicotine and The Opium Poppy, that explore the links between plants, drugs, and the brain.
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Activism and Hope in Flint: Five Questions for Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha
in InterviewsPediatrician, scientist, and activist Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha uncovered the effects of the Flint Water Crisis on children. Her new book tells this story and how the Flint community came together to fight environmental racism and science denial with perseverance and hope.
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Rachel Carson Joins the Literary Canon: A Conversation with Sandra Steingraber
in PodcastsThe acclaimed author and activist, who has edited the new Library of America edition of “Silent Spring,” reflects on how Carson changed her style of writing to become “defense attorney for the Earth.”
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Is There a Place for Environmental Justice in Global Health?
in EssaysEnvironmental justice and global health research collide in the Nicaraguan sugarcane fields over the causes of chronic kidney disease (CKDnt).
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A Firsthand Account of Finding Nature on a U.S. Military Base
in EssaysWe need to expand our ideas of nature to include the battlefield. A historian explains why we should view soldiers’ daily lives as part of the natural world.
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The (Built) Environmental Revolution: A Conversation with Sarah Williams Goldhagen
in PodcastsWe know nature is good for our brains. Can buildings be, too? A preeminent architectural critic calls for a radical shift in how we design the places where we live, work, and play.
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The Art of Anxious Environments
in ExhibitsThrough art, Yayoi Kusama takes an extreme challenge, mental illness, and connects to millions, inviting viewers into the curious and profound beauty of her interior world. Encountering Kusama’s art inspired the author of this essay to reach through her own “a wall of silence” and use art to express her anxious environment.
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Faculty Favorites: Books for an Engaged Spring
in ChecklistsEnvironmental scholars in the United States and Europe share the books they’re most excited about teaching this spring.
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Tilefish and Jello Salad for Family and Nation
in FieldnotesWhen the National Canners Association and the US Bureau of Fisheries write the recipes, Americans learn to serve Jello Salad and Tilefish for dinner.
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Natural Food to Eat When Changing the World
in FieldnotesTwo recipes drawn from research reveal how cookbook authors believed natural food had the ability to withstand physical, moral, and social degradation.