This film takes viewers on a journey that explores the more recent origins of the “rights of nature,” and its application and implementation in Ecuador, New Zealand, and the United States.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Stephen J. Pyne is interviewed on his recent book, The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Emily Gorman is interviewed on her recent book, Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Ihnji Jon is interviewed on her recent book, Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Gonzalo Lizarralde is interviewed on his recent book, Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed.
Johan Rockström works to understand Earth’s resilience, and shows how nine out of the 15 big biophysical systems that regulate the climate are at risk of reaching tipping points. 10 years after his first TED Talk, he presents a plan for putting the planet back on the path of sustainability over the next 10 years.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Bruce Clarke is interviewed on his recent book, Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, David B Williams is interviewed on his recent book, A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Rocio Gomez is interviewed on her book, Silver Veins, Dusty Lungs: Mining, Water, and Public Health in Zacatecas, 1835–1946.
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Gregg Mitman is interviewed on his book, Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia.
