Stopping by Working Woods on a Snowy Evening
A take on Robert Frost’s famous poem, adapted to reflect changes in Wisconsin forest ownership and conservation.
Tagged: Landscapes of Extraction
Materialized Dreams: Boom and Bust in the Cultural Landscape of West Texas
The hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) boom and an imminent bust in the face of a worldwide oil glut are just the most recent swings in a long history of economic and ecological instability in the mineral-rich Permian basin.
Reflections on Extraction 2: Whose Risks, Whose Choices?
In a second set of reflections on “Landscapes of Extraction,” CHE members explore how communities negotiate the trade-offs of mining: private gain versus public well-being, individual enterprise versus regulatory caution, and economic necessity versus environmental risk.
Reflections on Extraction 1: Mining the Invisible
Reflecting on “Landscapes of Extraction,” CHE members explore the challenges of remembering and preserving the buried histories of mining landscapes.
