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Interview with Joel Alden Schlosser, author of Herodotus in the Anthropocene
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Joel Alden Schlosser is interviewed on his recent book, Herodotus in the Anthropocene.
Eye of the Future
This drama shows how five children of United Nations ambassadors are called upon by Earth to create a sustainable future and find solutions to prevent further damage.
The Carbon Rush
This film explores the negative impacts of the multi-billion dollar carbon offsetting industry on those people who are most impacted but least heard.
"Resilience"
Vardy and Smith’s article for the Living Lexicon for the Environmental Humanities argues that “resilience signals the pernicious return of structural-functionalism precisely at the moment when much more nuanced, thoughtful, and critical attention should be given to the relationships and differences between and within human and nonhuman populations.”
Jackson, Tim, "An Economic Reality Check"
Tim Jackson delivers a piercing challenge to established economic principles, explaining how we might stop feeding the crises and start investing in our future.
Water Wars: When Drought, Flood and Greed Collide
This film examines attempts by communities and experts around the world to protect their water resources in the face of global warming, pollution, and political conflict.
Practicing Relativism in the Anthropocene: On Science, Belief, and the Humanities
Practicing Relativism in the Anthropocene addresses a set of contemporary issues involving knowledge and science from a constructivist-pragmatist perspective often labeled “relativism.”
Saudi Dreams: Icebergs in Iowa
The First International Conference on Iceberg Utilization, held at Iowa State University in October 1977, contributed to the formation of nascent hydrologics in the late 1970s.
“A huge variety of possibilities”: Interview with Nobel Laureate Paul Crutzen on his life, his career in research, and his views on the Anthropocene idea | Welcome to the Anthropocene
This interview with Paul Crutzen is a chapter of the virtual exhibition “Welcome to the Anthropocene: The Earth in Our Hands”—written and curated by historian Nina Möllers.