No Impact Man
Colin Beavan’s year-long attempt to live ‘off the grid’ in the heart of New York City brings the environment, and his relationships, to the forefront.
Colin Beavan’s year-long attempt to live ‘off the grid’ in the heart of New York City brings the environment, and his relationships, to the forefront.
This film provides insight into the secretive way of life behind the walls of German nuclear plants.
A review of economist Óscar Carpintero’s history of resource use in the Spanish economy.
This article examines energy consumption, the transition from organic to fossil energy carriers, and the consequent CO2 emissions over a period of almost 150 years (1861–2000) in Italy and Spain.
Economic historian Paolo Malanima reviews a work of ambitious scale by geographer Ian Gordon Simmons.
Finland first mad the switch from indigenous energy sources—fuel wood, wood refuse, and hydropower—to imported fossil fuels in the 1960s, during a hightened phase of industrialization. This article is an analysis of developments leading up to this change.
This fourth issue continues the journal’s exploration of the scientific paradigms of global environmental history.
A nuanced treatment of the relation between peasant protests and environment with reference to a broad range of examples from Mediterranean Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
This book presents a rich and extensive empirical study on biophysical aspects of two hundred years of economic history for Sweden.
Bartholow, Douglas, and Taylor review the AWARE(TM) software distributed by the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).