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Offering Solutions
Zelko expresses skepticism about the transformative potential of environmental history, arguing that it is often more useful to historians than to addressing global crises.
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History for Global Anxiety
Libby Robin argues that environmental history is well positioned to address planetary concerns through interdisciplinary collaboration with scientists and policymakers.
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The Cash Value of Environmental History
Stephen J. Pyne argues that environmental historians can offer practical value to communities, particularly in areas such as wildfire management.
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On the Edge of Environmental History
Richard Walker expresses concern over the current state of environmental history, urging it to adopt a more assertive and impactful role in addressing pressing global issues like climate change and species extinction.
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From Modernity with Freedom to Sustainability with Decency: Politicizing Passivity
Julia Adaney Thomas argues that climate collapse has fundamentally shifted the focus of historical inquiry from a quest for liberty to the challenge of ensuring survival with ecological decency.
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The Magic of Environmental History and Hopes for the Future
Christof Mauch highlights that environmental history provides a distinctive perspective by treating nature as an active agent and by bridging boundaries of time, space, and discipline.
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“The pine’s fear made the bishop loved”: Thinking with Plants in Early Medieval Gaul
A hagiographer tells us that when Martin of Tours made the sign of a cross at a falling pine tree, the tree felt fear and was forced to change direction.
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Epistemological Negotiations of “the Fly” and Native Reserves in Colonial Zambia
In former Northern Rhodesia, the case of the Tsetse fly shows how knowledge has been co-created by humans and nonhumans.