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“Making Bourdélots and Tasting Terroir”
An exploration of the apple-growing culture and landscape of the island of Jersey through one of its little-known dishes.
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“Green Anarchy, Primitivism, and the Critique of Technology”
Is technology neutral, or is it the architect of our alienation? In this March 2005 lecture, anarcho-primitivist philosopher John Zerzan argued that civilization itself—defined by domestication, division of labor, and industrial technology—is the root cause of modernity’s ecological and psychological dysfunctions.
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“Deep Ecology & the American Conservation Movement”
Dive into a pivotal 1993 lecture by renowned Professor Bron Taylor as he unravels the complex tapestry of the American conservation movement. This insightful presentation offers a panoramic view, tracing the philosophical and spiritual roots that shaped environmental thought and action, particularly focusing on the rise of the deep ecology movement and what Taylor terms “pagan environmentalism.”
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“Dave Foreman at UW Oshkosh with Bron Taylor”
The lecture features environmental activist Dave Foreman, introduced by Bron Taylor at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in 1990. The event situates Foreman’s ideas within the emerging discourse on radical environmentalism and its ethical foundations.
Arcadia
A Paradise in Spring: An Ecological Account of Birds, Fishes, and Hunters in the Bāburnāma
Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur’s autobiography anticipates an ecological and multispecies way of understanding the environment, highlighting confluence rather than divergence between humans and nonhumans.
Perspectives
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring: Encounters and Legacies
This issue of RCC Perspectives takes a sweeping look at encounters with and legacies of the book, examining the global impact of Silent Spring over its half century of existence and considering the ways in which Rachel Carson’s ecological worldview equips us to understand and confront current and future challenges to our planet.
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Miyaoi Yasuo’s Perspective on Life in Nineteenth-Century Japan: Intersecting Humans and Animals, Shared Emotions and Ethics
Miyaoi Yasuo’s 1858 collection of tales, Kidan zasshi, challenges assumed human–animal boundaries, portraying shared ethics, reincarnation, and emotional connections by blending folklore and insights drawn from Edo-period experience.
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“Can Forest Gardens Save the Rainforest, Ulrike Prinz?”
This podcast discusses linalool extraction from rosewood grown in the Amazon rainforest.
Arcadia
Insisting on Boars: How Villagers of Karaburun Employ their Knowledge of Multispecies Entanglements in Local Power Struggles
Villagers witness and push to maintain ecological relations in the face of development that has decimated olive groves and scattered fences and turbines.
Perspectives Article
Stop Saving the Planet!—and Other Tips via Rachel Carson for Twenty-First-Century Environmentalists
Jenny Price critiques Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring for reinforcing a human–nature divide that shifted environmental responsibility onto individuals while obscuring systemic and institutional accountability.