In episode 22 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj talks to Claire Campbell, the editor of A Century of Parks Canada, and contributing authors George Colpitts and Gwynn Langemann on Canada’s national parks history from coast to coast.
This podcast reports on two sessions from the sixth conference of the ESEH, which took place in Turku, Finland, from 27 June to 2 July 2011.
Jan Oosthoek explores the fascinating history of the afforestation of the Scottish uplands over the course of the twentieth century.
David Moon and Leona Skelton who carried out the Oral History project about the man-made environment of Kielder discuss some of their findings.
Emily O’Gorman examines the ways in which ducks as well as people negotiated the changing water landscapes of the Murrumbidgee River caused by the creation of rice paddies.
Chris Pearson talks about the history of urban dogs and the role of dogs in modern urban history.
Joanna Bishop explores the story of the introduction and use of medicinal plants in New Zealand and their botanical, medical, and environmental histories.
Dagomar Degroot explores the issue of how the changing climate of the Little Ice Age influenced the Dutch Republic during the early modern period.
Donatella de Rita, Carson Fellow from April 2012 until June 2012, speaks about her research project on urban development and the associated hazard in volcanic areas, as well as on geoarcheology.
Sean Kheraj discusses the problem of e-waste with the author of Made to Break: Technology and Obsolescence in America, Giles Slade.
