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A Deep Affection for Nature's Beauty
Shen Hou reflects on the influence of Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl: The Southern Plains in the 1930s on his understanding of environmental history.
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The Neo-Materialist Flip
Timothy LeCain outlines his shift from viewing technology as a departure from nature to understanding humans as materially embedded within it.
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Place, Time, and Me
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.
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From East to West
Lajos Rácz traces his development as a climate historian back to his experience growing up in rural Hungary.
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Lucky Forks
Edmund Russell recounts his interdisciplinary approach to environmental history, combining biology and historical analysis.
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The I in Interdisciplinary Studies
Cheryl Lousley examines the role of interdisciplinarity in environmental studies, emphasizing its necessity for addressing complex ecological problems.
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The Magic of Environmental History and Hopes for the Future
Christof Mauch highlights that environmental history provides a distinctive perspective by treating nature as an active agent and by bridging boundaries of time, space, and discipline.
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Broader Horizons?
Harriet Ritvo explores the intersection of environmental history and environmental concerns, emphasizing how the discipline reflects the growing awareness of global environmental challenges.
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Recapturing Justice and Passion in Enviromental History: A Future Path
Jane Carruthers traces the development of environmental history, showing how it emerged in the 1970s from the environmental movement with a focus on addressing urgent issues such as resource depletion, climate change, and sustainability, while aiming to bridge the sciences and humanities.
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Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter, Issue 21
This issue of Mendocino Environmental Center Newsletter reports on protests against the deforestation of the Albion River watershed; composting the Potter Valley, updates on Headwaters Forest, wolves, hemp, “Economic Aspects of Ecoforestry,” and candidate’s positions for an upcoming election for Congress, State Assembly, and county supervisor. Charles Sullivan writes on “Giving Birth to the Warrior Spirit: The End of Environmentalism.”