Gamal-Eldin, Mohamed. “John Cardina, ‘Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly.’” May 23, 2022. Mp3, 00:55:14.
Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly (Comstock Publishing, 2021) explores the tangled history of weeds and their relationship to humans. Through eight interwoven stories, John Cardina offers a fresh perspective on how these tenacious plants came about, why they are both inevitable and essential, and how their ecological success is ensured by determined efforts to eradicate them. Linking botany, history, ecology, and evolutionary biology to the social dimensions of humanity’s ancient struggle with feral flora, Cardina shows how weeds have shaped—and are shaped by—the way we live in the natural world.
(Source: New Books in Environmental Studies)
In this episode of New Books in Environmental Studies, Mohamed Gamal-Eldin interviews John Cardina, author of Lives of Weeds: Opportunism, Resistance, Folly.
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