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“Cities by the Sea: A Tale of Qingdao and Los Angeles”
In this Springs article, environmental historian Shen Hou considers the shore lives of both Qingdao and Los Angeles.
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“Roots through Asphalt: A Conversation with Sonja Dümpelmann”
In this Springs article, landscape historian Sonja Dümpelmann and Rachel Carson Center editor Pauline Kargruber discuss plants in an urban environment.
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“The Slow Death of an Ethiopian Lake”
In this article, environmentalist Hayal Desta considers the impact of agrarian practices and climate change on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
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“The Isthmus of Panama and the Knowledge Anthropocene”
In this Springs article, historian Paul S. Sutter considers the “Knowledge Anthropocene” as well as deep time in George Perkins Marsh’s understanding of the construction of Panama’s Darién canal.
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“The Cistern-System of Early Modern Venice: Technology, Politics and Culture in a Hydraulic Society.”
In this article, David Gentilcore writes about the Venetian cistern-system and its a success as a technology for treating rainwater.
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“Representations, Traces, Vital Agents: Why Images Matter to Environmental History”
A reflection on the use of images in environmental history.
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“Mixed Methods, Dry Valleys, New Insights”
A reflection on the use of mixed methods in environmental history.
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“Walking, Drawing, Designing: Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell’s Drawing Stick and Eighteenth-Century Landscape Gardens”
An article on the methods of German landscape gardener Friedrich Ludwig von Sckell (1750–1823).
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“Towards a Modern History of Gondwanaland”
This article explores Gondwanaland’s modern history, its unexpected political and cultural purchase since the 1880s.
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“Seeing with a Forager’s Eye: A Conversation with Martin Saxer”
Martin Saxer introduces his project “Foraging at the Edge of Capitalism” detailing how his team works and what foraging means to them.