Edge Effects, One Year On
Edge Effects celebrates its first year as CHE’s dedicated blog for lively, interdisciplinary conversation about culture, history, and the environment.
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Planning Environmental Pedagogy: A How-To
Careful lesson planning enables students to create their own solutions to today’s environmental challenges.
Edgy Stuff: September 2015 Recommendations
September 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Postcards from the Field: Part 2
A second batch of postcards showcases the summer travels, fieldwork, and adventures of CHE graduate students.
Postcards from the Field: Part 1
What’s in the mail? The first of two batches of “postcards” featuring stories from CHE grads about their summer travels and fieldwork.
Everyday Paths of Water in the City
How do people encounter water every day in São Paulo, and how can those encounters suggest opportunities for dealing with water’s scarcity?
Hip-Hop and Environmental Health: An Interview with Dr. Sarah Lappas
Far from just a form of entertainment, Dr. Sarah Lappas explains how hip-hop can empower both artists and audiences to think more critically about their environments.
Atomic Cities, the Mirage of Safety, and the Word “Environment”: A Conversation with Kate Brown
CHE’s upcoming symposium asks: how useful is it to talk about the “environment”? Is there a better word or framework? Dr. Kate Brown gives us her answer as she shares her research on atomic cities.
The Faces of Itaipu: Community, Memory, and Struggle in Rural Brazil
A photo essay explores the realities of life and struggle in rural Brazil.
Bike Battles: A Conversation on the Road with James Longhurst
A new book by historian James Longhurst profiles the long and contested history of bicycling and (spoiler alert!) the not-so-open road in the United States.
