Fei Sheng traces the development of environmental non-government organizations (ENGOs) in China, and describes the challenges they face in the political and cultural spheres.
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Susanna Lidström and Greg Garrard trace the development of “ecopoetry” from the Romantic and deep ecological traditions of the 1980s to the complex environmental concerns of the 2010s.
Blasi shows how Terrence Malick’s film Badlands (1973) retrospectively illuminates the forces in the 1950s that contributed to present problematic human-nature relations, with attention to Malick’s images of waste and death.
In episode 50 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj, Richard Unger, and John Thistle discuss Canada’s energy transition from organic to mineral sources and its social, political, and cultural consequences.
In episode 52 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Matthew Evenden talks to Sean Kheraj about his new book Allied Power: Mobilizing Hydro-Electricity During Canada’s Second World War.
In episode 53 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj invites Nancy Bouchier and Ken Cruikshank to discuss their new book, The People and the Bay, and ways of thinking about social and environmental history.
In this special section on Green Wars, Bram Büscher examines the case of rhino poaching in South Africa, arguing that we are seeing the uneven emergence of new geographies of conservation focused on preempting threats (ontopower).
Owain Jones, a Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University, offers ideas and resources about environmental humanities in this blog.
In episode 54 of Nature’s Past, Professor Jennifer Bonnell talks to Sean Kheraj about her journey from her dissertation to publishing her book, Reclaiming the Don: An Environmental History of Toronto’s Don River Valley.
In episode 55 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, SEan Kheraj speaks to Jessica van Horssen about her new book, A Town Called Asbestos.