Tag: Pollution
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THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY, 25 Years Later: A Conversation with Jeff Spitz
in PodcastsCHE Director Will Brockliss sits down with documentary filmmaker Jeff Spitz to reflect on the twenty fifth anniversary of his film THE RETURN OF NAVAJO BOY. Their conversation spans partnering with the Navajo Nation, ethical filmmaking, and the significance this film had not only on uranium cleanup in Monument Valley, Utah, but on one family…
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Psycho Drain Flies
in FieldnotesA trip to the bathroom sends Henry Hughes on a journey to discover what critters are living in the urinals and what we might learn from them in this era of environmental precarity.
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What Lichens Teach Us About the Air We Breathe
in EssaysWhat can we learn from lichens about the air we breathe? Lucy Sabin shares her creative research on sensing atmospheres with lichens as proxies.
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Something in the Water: A Podcast on PFAS in Wisconsin
in PodcastsThe Public Trust podcast, co-produced by Bonnie Willison and Richelle Wilson, investigates PFAS contamination in Wisconsin.
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Living With Plastic and Toxicity, Queerly
in ReviewsSvenja Engelmann-Kewitz reviews Heather Davis’s book Plastic Matter, which theorizes the queer potentials and complex legacies of plastic.
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Hindustan Zinc and Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility
in EssaysIn 2021 and 2022, Prerna Rana spoke with people in Udaipur, India whose livelihoods have been impacted negatively by both environmental pollution and the corporate social responsibility programs meant to mitigate that harm.
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What Happens in the Wake of Frac Sand’s Boom and Bust?
in PodcastsWisconsin is home to some of the best sand in the country, making it a key player in the oil and gas industry. For this episode of Ground Truths, Justyn Huckleberry and Clare Sullivan take a close look at frac sand mining in the state—the lack of regulation and oversight, environmental and health consequences for…
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Swimming with Trash in the Caribbean
in EssaysThe Caribbean is known for its pristine beaches and tourist spots, but it has increasingly become a dumping ground for the world’s unmanaged garbage. Ysabel Muñoz Martínez charts how “wastescapes” are proliferating in the Anthropocene.
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The Slow Erosion of Environmental Protections in Wisconsin
in PodcastsIn the first episode of the Ground Truths podcast series, Carly Griffith speaks with environmental advocates in Wisconsin about how they are addressing local issues of contamination from manufactured chemicals like PFAS and industrial agriculture.
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Diving into the Aquatic Depths of East Asian Ecohorror
in EssaysIn ecohorror movies like Shin Godzilla and The Host, pollution fights back in the form of rampaging sea monsters. Lindsay S. R. Jolivette traces the significance of water in these films—and what it reveals about our worst nightmares.