Photograph: Princesses Against Plutonium, Nuclear Test Site, Nevada, 1988
This 1988 photograph by Richard Misrach portrays the influential activist group Princesses Against Plutonium.
environmentalism
Nature's Past episode 50: "Canadian Energy History"
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.
Nature's Past episode 52: "Hydro-Power and War"
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.
Nature's Past episode 53: "The Social and Environmental History of Hamilton Harbour"
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.
"From Biopower to Ontopower? Violent Responses to Wildlife Crime and the New Geographies of Conservation"
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).
A blog about the environmental (ecological) arts & humanities
Owain Jones, a Professor of Environmental Humanities at Bath Spa University, offers ideas and resources about environmental humanities in this blog.
Nature's Past episode 54: "Reclaiming the Don, From Dissertation to Book"
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.
Nature's Past episode 55: "Asbestos Mining and Environmental Health"
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.
Nature's Past episode 56: "Animal Metropolis"
In episode 56 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj joins Joanna Dean and Christabelle Sethna to discuss their new book Animal Metropolis: Histories of Human-Animal Relations in Urban Canada and, more broadly, the history of animals and cities.
Nature's Past episode 59: “Introducing Papers in Canadian History and Environment”
In episode 59 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj, Jennifer Bonnell, and Owen Temby discuss their new roles as editors of the publication Papers in Canadian History and Environment. They also hear from Matt Dyce and Jonathan Peyton about their forthcoming paper in the new publication.