Mexico’s Environmental Revolutions
Mexico’s liberal political revolution of 1854, the social revolution of 1910, and the Green Revolution that began in 1943 each left ecological and political footprints that influenced the subsequent one.
Mexico’s liberal political revolution of 1854, the social revolution of 1910, and the Green Revolution that began in 1943 each left ecological and political footprints that influenced the subsequent one.
This article discusses the controversial issue of agrarian development in the Nicaraguan countryside, with a particular focus on the concept of progress in farming practices.
This study brings together research in a variety of disciplines to reconstruct the history of mining in Schwaz, Tirol.
This paper adds to current debates surrounding jhum cultivation, forest conservation, and agrarian change in Mizoram by looking at jhum cultivation in relation to the New Land Use Policy introduced by the government of Mizoram in 1984.
Martinez-Alier discusses issues relating to the concept of “sustainable development” as used by the Brundtland Commission.
This article looks at the energy investment that goes into the provision of nutrients and into habitat improvement for the subterranean workforce of earthworms on which agriculture depends.
This essay explores connections between energy regime changes and nutrition, as well as the impact of such changes on nutritional knowledge and food policies in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
This article examines the significance of “peasant seeds” and outlines the development of the “Peasant Seed Network” movement.
Enjoy your Meal! tracks down the origin of a meal prepared by renowned chefs.
The documentary explores the lives of five young people who have decided to become small-scale farmers.