Plastic Planet
A global view of the age of plastic, from its beginnings to the increasingly serious implications it has for humans and the environment.
A global view of the age of plastic, from its beginnings to the increasingly serious implications it has for humans and the environment.
A two-year chronicle documenting the real price of gold in a village in Peru’s Andean mountains, following a mercury spill by one of the world’s largest gold producers.
Lawrence Culver, Carson Center fellow from June to December 2010, speaks about his research project “Manifest Disaster: Climate and the Making of America.”
Gary Martin talks about his research, which draws on case studies that he has developed through the Global Diversity Foundation (GDF) over the last decade.
Donald Worster, Carson Fellow from February to July 2011, talks about his research concerning the impact of the discovery of the New World and its resources, both on Western Europe, and the American way of life.
Stephen Bell, Carson Fellow from June to August 2011, talks about his research concerning the the transformation of land use in Brazil.
Wilko Graf von Hardenberg, Carson Fellow from November 2010 to February 2011, talks about his research on Alpine nature conservation and resource management.
Ingo Heidbrink, Carson Fellow from June 2011 to December 2011, talks about his environmental history of Greenland.
Paul Josephson discusses the project he worked on during his Carson Fellowship, from August to December 2011: an environmental history of the Soviet Arctic.
John McNeill, Carson Fellow from June to August 2011, talks about his project to write a global environmental history of the industrial revolution.