Tag: Unpure Imagination
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El Contrato Químico
in EssaysMicaela Edelson revela los costos para la salud—a menudo ocultos—que conlleva la exposición a pesticidas para los trabajadores agrícolas migrantes en Estados Unidos.
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Wilderness Has a Purity Problem
in EssaysWhat does it mean for a landscape to be pristine? Ande Peersen reflects on her love of the outdoors and her work for the U.S. Forest Service to interrogate the nature–culture divide.
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When Wetland Restoration and Big Oil Collide
in EssaysWalking through the Baytown Nature Center near Houston, Texas, Gardiner Brown traces how this wildlife sanctuary is enmeshed with the local petrochemical industry and makes a case for imperfect restoration.
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Getting Kinky With Ecology
in EssaysDeveloping a theory of kink ecology, Madeleine Bavley imagines a more pleasurable future for the environmental movement.
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Traces of Industry in the Trees of Jefferson National Forest
in EssaysChelsea Fisher follows the entangled histories of iron and paper in a second-growth forest.
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The Chemical Contract
in EssaysMicaela Edelson reveals the often hidden health costs of pesticide exposure to migrant farmworkers in the United States.
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Blurring Barriers on Fire Island
in EssaysAmelia Carter maps the shifting geography and queer ecologies of a popular gay resort spot.
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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 Palate Politics of Eating Kangaroo
in EssaysKangatarianism is a growing food movement in Australia that purports to be more ethical and climate-conscious than other meat-eating practices. Sophie Chao uncovers the politics of “eating roo” in an age of climate change.