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From “Commonwealth of Powder-makers” to Haven for Protected Species: The Chilworth Gunpowder Works
The East India Company commence gunpowder production in Chilworth on the River Tillingbourne.
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The Rights of Nature: A Global Movement
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.
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The Tragedy of the Paradise Parrot
The tragic story of the Paradise Parrot is haunted by both the spectre and the reality of extinction.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Stephen J. Pyne, author of The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens Next
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.
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Disconnectivity in the Age of Globalization: Coastal Ecology, Telegraphy, and Empire in the Sunda Strait, 1863–1883
This article examines the environmental implications of Dutch nineteenth-century attempts to establish a telegraph connection across the Sunda Strait.
Multimedia | podcast
Interview with Emily O'Gorman, author of Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin
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.
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Interview with Ihnji Jon, author of Cities in the Anthropocene: New Ecology and Urban Politics
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.
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Interview with Gonzalo Lizarralde, author of Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail But Some Succeed
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.
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“10 Years to Transform the Future of Humanity—Or Destabilize the Planet”
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.