Content Index

Interview with Heather Davis, author of Plastic Matter

In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Heather Davis is interviewed on his recent book, Plastic Matter.

What is Environmental History?

In this short video, Jan Oosthoek presents the field of environmental history.

Interview with John Cardina, author of Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly

In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, John Cardina is interviewed on his recent book, Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly.

Making Rain under the Mallas

Nepalese manuscripts on rainmaking rituals offer data on droughts in historical climate reconstructions.

Safari Nation: A Social History of the Kruger National Park

Safari Nation opens new lines of inquiry in the study of national parks in Africa and the rest of the world.

“Weltnaturschutz”: Global Protection of Nature

The text “Weltnaturschutz” (World nature protection) by Paul Sarasin (1856–1929) is a key document in the history of the global nature conservation movement.

A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness, vol. 1

Volume 1 of 3 of A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.

Gender and Sustainability: Lessons from Asia and Latin America

Full text of Gender and Sustainability.

Threats to the Hadzabe and Why We Should Care

A look at the sociopolitical and environmental threats facing the Hadzabe hunter-gatherers in the Eyasi Basin, Tanzania.

Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania: Grazing, Fishing and Farming at the Local-Global Interface

Excerpt from the Policy and Practice in Rural Tanzania.

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