Does “Leave No Trace” Miss the Forest for the Trees?
As global environmental issues have evolved, the principles guiding ethical outdoor recreation have not. Tomasz Falkowski urges us to rethink the traces we leave.
Tagged: Waste
From Trash Trade to Waste Colonialism: A Conversation with Simone Müller
Paul Sutter interviews Simone Müller about the famous case of the Khian Sea, a “renegade ship” carrying waste and trying to dock in different countries. The ship reveals the many contradictions within environmental movements and policies.
Swimming with Trash in the Caribbean
The 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.
Faculty Favorites: Books That Go Beyond the Classroom
Six scholars from campuses across the country recommend new environmental books about the blue humanities, environmental justice, the histories of bikes and blockades, and more.
Eight Online Environmental Archives to Bookmark
These digital environmental archives offer a range of approaches to environmental histories, cultural practices, and ecological changes.
How Extraction Fuels the Anthropocenes: A Conversation with Gabrielle Hecht
How do the minerals in your phone place you within global flows of extraction? Gabrielle Hecht discusses uranium mining in Gabon, sea rise in the Marshall Islands, and the geopolitics of an African Anthropocene.
What Marie Kondo Could Do for the Environment
Does tidying up always mean throwing away? Marie Kondo’s new Netflix show sparks joy and skepticism in a scholar researching waste.
Eleven Ecohorror Films to Creep You Out
Curious about ecohorror? An ecocritic recommends classic, campy, and little-known films that play with our culture’s deepest fears about nature. A few of these creature features just might get under your skin—literally.
The Year of the Plastic Straw Ban
Controversial plastic straw bans continue to make headlines. A cultural analysis helps weigh the most recent legislation and asks whether bans on single-use plastics offer a path toward a more sustainable future or a distraction from systemic change.
Photographing Plutonium’s Invisible Legacy
In a series of photographs, a landscape designer and artist uncovers the invisible toxic legacies of nuclear technology in Hanford, WA.
