The Politics of Nature in the Anthropocene
McAfee examines the changing roles of scientists and politicians in the decision-making processes that affect the environment.
McAfee examines the changing roles of scientists and politicians in the decision-making processes that affect the environment.
Inspired by courses they’ve developed at Stanford, Mike Osborne and Miles Traer created the Generation Anthropocene podcast, a volunteer-based audio show featuring thought leaders.
This volume explores some of the diverse niches created by humans in different times and places. The essays span the globe, from Texas to China, from Scandinavia to Papua New Guinea, exploring agricultural spaces and indoor biomes, human aesthetics, and Anthropocentric perspectives.
Martin’s essay examines the influence of the human-built environment on the evolution of other species. Studying these relationships offers us a new way of thinking about human niche construction and the Anthropocene.
Kluiving and Hamel explore why the Anthropocene emerged. They suggest that an analysis of global changes in human niche construction using geoarchaeological data offers new perspectives on the causes and effects of the Anthropocene.
Ellis argues that the unparalleled capacity of human societies to construct ecological niches at growing social and spatial scales has allowed them to alter the Earth permanently and profoundly.
A visual essay on the physical sites we often don’t see (or don’t want to see).
Tom Griffiths argues for the importance of environmental history, and gives us three reasons for the uniqueness of the environmental history of Australia.
Stockholm Resilience Centre advances the understanding of complex social-ecological systems and generates new insights and development to improve ecosystem management practices and long-term sustainability.
This essay examines environmental thought in China and the West to propose an “ecological history” that offers new ways to think about the human/nature relationship.