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Illuminating Women: The Case of Candles in the English Home, 1815–1900
Sayer looks at candles as an example of how less prominant energy sources and uses play key roles in energy transitions.
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Fear and Anxiety on the Energy Frontier: Understanding Women’s Early Encounters with Fossil Fuels in the Home
Looking to rural Canada, the author shows how women’s concerns for family safety drove energy choices and supplier campaigns.
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Our Own Memories: Women’s Experiences of Rural Electrification
This edited radio-show transcript provides personal accounts of women’s experiences in rural Ireland during the transition to electricity.
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Women and Energy in the Ruhr Area of West Germany, 1950s–1980s
Dolata brings to light how the conflicts faced by women has shaped their agency in energy transitions.
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Transitions in the Niger Delta: Oil, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation
Helbert raises the issue of justice in energy transitions by looking at the discrimination faced by women in oil regions of Nigeria.
Multimedia | book excerpt
Water is...: The Meaning of Water
Extract from Nina Munteanu’s Water is…—a book on the meaning of water.
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“A Sea Change in the Environmental Humanities”
This article discusses sea farming and feminist environmental humanities.
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“Role of Marine National Park for Sustainable Livelihoods of Artisan Fisherfolk”
This article looks at marine conservation and fishing communities in the Gulf of Kachchh Marine National Park, India.
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Interview with Helen Rozwadowski, author of Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, former Rachel Carson Center fellow Helen Rozwadowski is interviewed on her 2018 book, Vast Expanses: A History of the Oceans.