“From the Anthropocene to the New Climatic Regime”
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Bruno Latour.
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Bruno Latour.
Katharine Suding, plant ecologist and professor at the University of Michigan, outlines the scaling of ecosystem restoration and how scaling is affecting the very notion of restoration in this presentation at the Latsis Symposium 2018.
Charles Hoch, Professor Emeritus of urban planning and policy at the University of Illinois, talks about the challenges of regional planning in the United States. As opposed to Europe where spatial planning prevails, the notion of urban planning is more dominant here, and Hoch uses the Chicago region as a case study.
This special Ecotopia Earth First! Special Baby Treesus issue sets forth campaigns named after seasons: Redwood Summer, Corporate Fall, and Nuclear Winter. It focuses on the Corporate Fall protests and other cases that required EF! demonstrations on the problem of “logging to infinity.” Ecotopia announces its secession from the United States. The issue also includes letters to the editor, a quiz, and a call for donations.
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Matthew Gandy.
Lunchtime Colloquium at the Rachel Carson Center with Nina Wormbs.
Belinda Yuen, a town planner and expert in mass housing, presents an account of Singapore’s public housing, the evolution of concepts and strategies for high-rise urban planning, and the diverse common spaces that have been designed for a higher quality of life.
This Earth First! tabloid describes negative impacts of the U.S. Forest Service on national forests. Topics include reform proposals for the USFS, the role of deep ecology, the destruction of eco-systems across the U.S., abuse of Native American cultural heritage, and a call for the protection of national forests.
This 1880 map centered on Chicago displays the early CB&Q railroad route.