"Human Sentiment and the Future of Wildlife"
David Cooper discusses the identification of what is wrong with the demise of wildlife and the human sentiments which are offended by that demise.
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Telling by Showing: Early Twentieth Century Exhibitions as Advocates in Energy Transition Processes
As agents of knowledge and appropriators of technology, exhibitions (and most notably museum exhibitions) have played an important role in the early twentieth century, when gas and electricity, the quintessential modern energy sources, aimed to oust wood, coal, and peat while simultaneously competing intensely with each other.
Carbon Nation
Making Tracks: Human and Environmental Histories
About this issue
Perhaps it is a feature of environmental history in particular that our origins and our past stories shape our interests and our fields of enquiry in myriad ways. Many of the “tracks” in this volume are not well-trodden, and they lead us through a landscape that is mutable and as yet uncharted.
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International Environmental History: Nature as a Cultural Challenge
About this issue
In this issue of RCC Perspectives, adapted from a 2008 proposal submitted to the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Christof Mauch and Helmuth Trischler explain why the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society was founded. They conclude by outlining the six research clusters of the RCC and highlighting its activities, which include colloquia, summer schools, international conferences, and exhibitions.
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Anthropocene: Exploring the Future of the Age of Humans
About this issue
What does it mean to live in the Anthropocene? What are our responsibilities in a world where the boundaries between nature and culture are no longer clear? How do we visualize and teach the challenges of the future? The articles in this issue of RCC Perspectives reflect upon the ethics, aesthetics, and didactics of an “Age of Humans.”
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Fiona Cameron on "Museums, Education, and Climate Change"
Fiona Cameron, Carson Fellow from August 2011 until March 2012, talks about her research on ‘Museums, Education, and Climate Change’ at the intersections between science, technology and nature.
"On Nature and Power: Interview with Joachim Radkau"
An interview with Joachim Radkau, professor of history at the University of Bielefeld in Germany and author of Nature and Power: A Global History of the Environment..
SEKEM: Aus der Kraft der Sonne [SEKEM: Born of the Sun]
The film discusses how biodynamic agricultural methods transformed an area of desert 60 kilometers northeast of Cairo, and a leading agro-industrial corporation was founded.
Motoquero and ¡No hay tiempo! [There's No Time!]
Clips by students attending the Universidad Internacional (Internationale Sommeruniversität/International University), a collaborative project that involves a range of universities and other organisations in Germany and Chile.