Tag: Invasive species
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Learning from Japanese Knotweed in Brussels’s Feral Wetlands
in EssaysIn the abandoned, deindustrialized interstices of Brussels, feral wetlands flourish. Drawing on conversations with residents, Louise Bazelaire explores the history and politics of these liminal spaces through a plant that is loved and hated in equal measure: Japanese knotweed.
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A Multispecies Approach to Learning from Invasive Plants
in EssaysIn the thick of Greenbelt National Park, students in Jordan Lea Johnson’s feminist environmental studies class learn from invasive plants. A multispecies pedagogy prompts reflection on ecological narratives of invasion and mastery.
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When Monster Snails Eat Wetlands
in EssaysThe Coca Cola-funded micro-wetland of the Green Water Nature Center was to be a straightforward, water purification project. And then came the apple snail. These small creatures, Qieyi Liu shows, complicated everything.