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Waterton Lakes National Park
Focusing on the southern Alberta Park that shares a border with Montana’s Glacier National Park, this travel guide, written by Mabel Bertha Williams, is from around 1927.
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Harvest of the Suburbs, An Environmental History of Growing Food in Australian Cities
Drawing on sources ranging from gardening books and magazines to statistics and oral history, Andrea Gaynor’s book challenges some of the widespread myths about food production in Australian cities and traces the reasons for its enduring popularity.
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Guardians of the Wild
The 1936 Guardians of the Wild, the first book written by M. B. Williams, is also the first history of the Canadian national parks system. It was written and published in Great Britain, and Williams never mentions her own part in that history.
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The Banff-Windermere Highway
This 1924 travel guide, written by Mabel Berta Williams, is a compact, well-photographed guide to the new highway that vastly improved automobile travel in the Rocky Mountain parks.
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“National Parks and Sanctuaries in Canada: Part II”
This 1936 article by M. B. Williams is for England’s The Animals’ Friend magazine and aims to kindle interest in and enthusiasm for the establishment of national parks and sanctuaries in England.
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Landscape of Insecurity: The Intricacies of Environmental Changes in Nigeria’s Oil-Rich Niger Delta Region
Once a benefit to humanity but now a scourge, the environment of the Niger Delta has been transformed into a haven for violence, militancy, and criminality.
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The Community Food Movement in the United Kingdom: 1960s to Present
Since the 1960s, the community food movement in the United Kingdom has evolved from a means of survival to an alternative to industrialized agriculture.
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Peyote Veneration in Challenging Times: Issues of Land and Access in South Texas
Native American Church members need steady access to peyote, but demand for the plant has been outstripping supply.
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NIES: Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies
The Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) promotes interdisciplinary environmental studies, especially work in the environmental humanities. The network is supported by NordForsk, and is based in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, and Iceland.
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HfE: Humanities for the Environment Observatories
The aim of the Humanities for the Environment Observatories (HfE) is to identify, explore, and demonstrate the contributions that humanistic and artistic disciplines make to solving global social and environmental challenges.