Perspectives
Minding the Gap: Working Across Disciplines in Environmental Studies
This volume of RCC Perspectives considers what it means to work across disciplines in environmental studies and how such projects can best be realized.
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Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences
Chapters from the Handbook of the Historiography of the Earth and Environmental Sciences, edited by Elena Aronova, David Sepkoski, and Marco Tamborini.
Arcadia
NoMOSE: Contested Flood Barriers in Venice, Italy
In the early 2000s, a coalition of citizen-activists in Venice denounced the state’s massive flood-barrier project, raising public participation in the fate of the lagoon.
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Sand Lovers | Once Upon a Dune
A reflection on sand-loving plants by M. Luisa Martínez.
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“Child Socialisation and Environmental Transformation in Indigenous South America”
Chapters from the Social Anthropology/Anthropologie Sociale special issue “Child Socialisation and Environmental Transformation in Indigenous South America,” edited by Jan David Hauck and Francesca Mezzenzana.
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Old and New Patterns of the Anthropocene
Jan Zalasiewicz presents the mounting evidence of the Anthropocene as a proposed geological epoch and points to the possible trajectories of planet Earth.
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Beyond Doom and Gloom: An Exploration through Letters
How can we best influence and enact a shift beyond “doom and gloom” when we talk about the environment? The letters in this Perspectives volume are responses to this dilemma. Through an exploration of new environmental narratives, this volume aims to stimulate readers to emotionally reflect on how we can embrace hope and resilience in our stories about the environment.
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“Dear _______”: Writing Our Way Beyond Doom and Gloom
In the introduction, Elin Kelsey argues for balancing negative environmental narratives with messages of hope to inspire positive action.
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A Letter to a (Composite) Student in Environmental Studies
In his letter to students, Thomas Princen urges individuals to take responsibility by creating change in their own lives and communities through resistance.
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Less Is More
In his essay, John M. Meyer explores how transdisciplinary approaches impact academic collaboration.