Arcadia
Warriors of the Rainbow: The Birth of an Environmental Mythology
Greenpeace pioneer Bob Hunter was heavily influenced by Native American mythology and thus created the image of Greenpeace activists as “Rainbow Warriors.”
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Multimedia | interviews and talks
Nadkarni, Nalini, "Conserving the Canopy"
Nalini Nadkarni explores the rich, vital world found in the tops of trees and communicates what she finds to non-scientists.
Multimedia | journal
Wild Earth 1, no. 1
Wild Earth 1, no. 1, with the theme “Ecological Foundations for Big Wilderness,” discusses ecosystem restoration in Florida, corridors in the Klamath Mountains, and a Yellowstone ecosystem Marshall Plan.
Arcadia
Removing the People: The Creation of Canada’s Kouchibouguac National Park
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
Multimedia | journal article
“Radical Environmentalism’s Print History: From Earth First! to Wild Earth.”
In this essay (updated in 2019), Bron Taylor offers background about the events that gave rise to the Earth First! movement and reviews some of the watershed moments in its history, including its print publications.
Arcadia
How Birds Became Europeans: Bird Protection Activists Cooperating across Borders for Supranational Protection
In April 1979, the European Communities (EC) adopted the Council Directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds (79/409/EEC), the so-called “Birds Directive.”
Arcadia
Nature Conservation in Ski Country? The Vanoise National Park
The Vanoise National Park was created in 1963 in the northern French Alps, along with numerous large ski resorts. Born as twins, the park and the resorts grew up at best as strangers, at worst as foes.
Perspectives
Notes From the Greenhouse: Making the Case for Environmental History
This volume of RCC Perspectives contains an English and a German version of a speech made by RCC Director Christof Mauch in 2009. In his speech, Mauch outlines the purpose of the Rachel Carson Center and argues for the importance of studying environmental history.
Multimedia | journal
Wild Earth 1, no. 2
Wild Earth 1, no. 2, with the issue theme “The New Conservation Movement,” on reforming the Sierra Club, grizzly hunting in Montana, and an Ancient Forest Reserve proposal for the Mendocino National Forest.
Multimedia | journal
Wild Earth 1, no. 3
Wild Earth 1, no. 3 with essays on hydro development in North America, trans-boundary ecosystem preservation, the central Appalachian wilderness, and the need for deep ecological language.