Arcadia

Arcadia, Summer 2019, no. 19

Defending the Shoreline: From Cannon to Beach Nourishment in Gulf Islands National Seashore

Alanna Casey

Previously military fortifications, the barrier islands along the northern Gulf Coast of the United States today protect against climate change.

Arcadia, Summer 2019, no. 18

The Founding of the Danish Environmental Movement NOAH

Asger Hougaard

In 1969, the Danish environmental organization NOAH is established, following a spectacular happening at the University of Copenhagen.

Arcadia, Summer 2019, no. 17

Canine Menace: Feral Dogs, Bison, and Rewilding in the Carpathian Mountains

Monica Vasile and Stefan Voicu

This article examines narratives surrounding feral dogs and bison in the Western Carpathians.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 16

How the Arctic Became White: Victorian Explorers and the Erasure of Botany in the Canadian Arctic

Chris Gismondi

Explorers of the Canadian Arctic misrepresented the land as a snowscape while tundra plants were simultaneously collected for botanic collections.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 15

The Manifold Borders of a Locust Outbreak

Inês Gomes and Ana Isabel Queiroz

This article discusses how local perspectives influence the recognition and control of a locust outbreak.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 14

What Living in Space Teaches Us about Living on Earth

David Munns

To live among the stars always meant solving the down-to-earth problem of sustainable waste management.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 13

Memory and the Origins of the Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur in Buenos Aires

Jennifer Hoyt

A constructed park’s history clashes with how citizens see and use that space.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 12

Environmental Sustainability and Technological Change: The Slurry-Tanks Conflict in Galician Agriculture (1999–2019)

Bruno Esperante Paramos

This article investigates the problem of defining technological change based on environmental sustainability criteria in Galicia.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 11

The 1971 Prague Conference on Problems Related to Environment—A Forgotten Contribution to International Environmentalism

Iris Borowy

In 1971, the UN Economic Commission for Europe holds a pioneering international conference on Problems Related to Environment.

Arcadia, Spring 2019, no. 10

Environmental Writing in Times of Terrorism: The Peruvian Journalist Bárbara D’Achille

Maria Fixemer

In the 1980s, Bárbara d’Achille traveled through Peru as one of the country’s first environmental writers and activists.

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Arcadia: Explorations in Environmental History is an open-access, peer-reviewed publication platform for short, illustrated, and engaging environmental histories. Embedded in a particular time and place, each story focuses on a site, event, person, organization, or species as it relates to nature and human society. By publishing digitally on the Environment & Society Portal, Arcadia promotes accessibility and visibility of original research in global environmental history and cognate disciplines.

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