Multimedia | journal article
“The Magic Mirror: Legends, Limnology, and Nuclear Power on Lake Stechlin”
The entwined history of legends, literature, limnology, and a Cold War nuclear power plant at Lake Stechlin in northeastern Germany.
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Multimedia | journal article
“Rivers as Battlefields: Ukraine’s Dnipro”
Ukraine’s Dnipro River and nearby inhabitants have lived through brute-force environmental change and war over the last century.
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“Crude Encounters”
This artistic contribution explores sensory engagement with contamination caused by oil-waste pits in the Ecuadorian Amazon.
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About the Exhibition | The Life of Waste
This chapter introduces the virtual exhibition “The Life of Waste.” Historian Simone M. Müller discusses six truisms of waste, namely “everything is waste, waste is a matter of perspective, waste needs to be managed, waste is life, waste has power and waste has an expiration date.”
Multimedia | film profile
Trash Dance
In Trash Dance, choreographer Allison Orr tries to persuade employees of the Austin Department of Solid Waste to participate in a public dance performance.
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H2Omx
This film examines how Mexico City—home to 22 million people—is trying to become water sustainable.
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La Mujer y el Agua [Women and Water]
This film examines the role of women in finding water in India, and how pollution impacts their communities.
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Beschädigte Vegetation und sterbender Wald: Zur Entstehung eines Umweltproblems in Deutschland 1893–1970
Beschädigte Vegetation und sterbender Wald traces the history of the environmental problem of air pollution and its damaging effects on forests in Germany.
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The Clean Bin Project
A couple competes to live with zero waste for a whole year, with comedic results.
Multimedia | film profile
Fuel
This film examines the history and future of energy in America. It advocates for a transition to green energy through individual action.