Remembering Lost Landscapes in Cambodia
Nearly forty years after the Pol Pot time, Cambodia’s landscape testifies to a tumultuous past and hints at an uncertain environmental future.
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Toxic Bodies and the Wetter, Better Future of “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Most Hollywood catastrophe films offer neat endings and the promise of a fresh start. Fury Road asks what happens when the broken world cannot be made whole.
A Reading List To Stay Grounded On Earth Day
Recommendations of environmental history books that carry us from stardust to coal dust and back, just in time for Earth Day.
The Trouble with the March for Science: A Conversation with Adam Rome
What if today’s climate activists acted more like the scientists who spoke out on the first Earth Day?
Crying Dugongs and Ocean Encounters in Southeast Asia
Stories of the dugong, a cousin of the manatee, offer important insight into human-nature encounters in the waters of Southeast Asia.
Environmental Resentment on the Political Right
When is political resentment legitimate, and who gets to decide? Two recent books examine the emotional world of politics in rural Wisconsin and Louisiana.
A Syllabus for Teaching Water Politics
A new syllabus outlines a series of readings for teaching the politics of water.
Nature’s Metropolis Turns 25: A Conversation with William Cronon
An urban history nearly devoid of people nonetheless holds lessons for communal human life today.
Loaves and Fishes at Standing Rock
A senior scholar of North American indigenous history visits the Oceti Sakowin camp and finds cause for hope. Up to a point.
Politics for a Maimed World: A Conversation with Jedediah Purdy
The acclaimed cultural critic and author of “After Nature” set off to explore the uncharted depths of the Anthropocene. But he found Thoreau there waiting for him.
