Multimedia | film profile
Estamira
This documentary is about Estamira, a 63 year-old woman suffering from schizophrenia who has lived and worked for decades in Jardin Gramacho, one of the largest landfills in the world.
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Multimedia | journal article
"Energy Transition and CO2 Emissions in Southern Europe: Italy and Spain (1861–2000)"
This article examines energy consumption, the transition from organic to fossil energy carriers, and the consequent CO2 emissions over a period of almost 150 years (1861–2000) in Italy and Spain.
Multimedia | book profile
Conservation in the Progressive Era: Classic Texts
The documents collected in the book reveal the various and sometimes conflicting uses of the term “conservation” and the contested nature of the reforms it described.
Multimedia | book profile
Aiken, Katherine, Idaho's Bunker Hill: The Rise and Fall of A Great Mining Company, 1885-1981
Katherine G. Aiken traces Bunker Hill’s evolution from the mine’s discovery in 1885 to the company’s closure in 1981.
Multimedia | interviews and talks
Eagle Glassheim on "Cleaning Czechoslovakia's Border Lands"
Eagle Glassheim, Carson Fellow from February until April 2012, talks about his research project on the ethnic, social, and environmental transformation of Czechoslovakia’s Border Lands after 1945.
Multimedia | journal article
"The Quality of Life: What Quality? Whose Life?"
Sir Crispin Tickell scans what industrial countries can and have to do in order to give a lead in global arrangements to alleviate economic and ecological problems.
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Karabash: The City of Pollution
Karabash is one of the largest copper-smelting centers in Russia and open-pit copper extraction has been conducted there since 1837. In 1996, Karabash and its surrounding area were declared an ecological disaster zone. The city is still considered to be one of the most polluted places in the world.
Perspectives Article
Fukushima and the Lessons of History: Remarks on the Past and Future of Nuclear Power
The essay presents a brief summary of the development of nuclear power in Germany, arguing that the decision of 2011 was the final step in a long farewell and discusses how the methodological arsenal of the historical profession can shed light on future developments.
Perspectives
New Environmental Histories of Latin America and the Caribbean
This collection brings together leading scholars on the environments of Latin America and the Caribbean to give us new and alternative narratives of the postcolonial history of the continent.
Perspectives
Nuevas historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe
Esta colección reúne a algunos de los académicos más destacados en el estudio de las historias ambientales de América Latina y el Caribe para proponer nuevas perspectivas sobre el desarrollo poscolonial del continente. Estos ensayos narran historias variadas de interacciones complejas entre grupos sociales, estados y sus ambientes, y proveen nuevos ángulos para enriquecer las interpretaciones más conocidas.