An account of how national parks developed into one of the most important arenas of contention between native peoples and non-Indians in the twentieth century.
An analysis of environmental policy in China with a focus on the regulation of water pollution.
Cultural eutrophication is a process, whereby an excessive increase in nutrients in inland waters occurs as a result of human activities. William McGucken’s book examines the causes and effects of this process with reference to Lake Erie.
An overview of environmental affairs in the United States, from the 1940s onward.
This film shows how farming, state, and business and finance interrelate, such that various forms of malnutrition continue to pose a risk that is often life threatening, even in times of overproduction.
On 25 January 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued a proclamation that gives us insights into medieval urban sanitation concerns and their regulation in the later medieval period.
From genetically modified foodstuffs to animals and designer babies, this documentary explores the current and possible future impacts of genetic engineering on both the natural environment and human nature.
This is the story of farmer Percy Schmeiser who is drawn into a struggle for justice and, ultimately, survival in the face of exploitation by a multinational corporation.
Plastics are not going to go away any time soon. This film explores what the implications of this are for the environment and how many of the resulting problems might be avoided.
The documentary contrasts the results of using genetically-modified crops purchased from multinational agrochemical corporations with the maintenance of community seedbanks and biodiversity.
