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Chernobyl
Melanie Arndt reflects on her experiences of growing up east of the Iron Curtain during the Cold War—specifically as a child in East Germany and later as a volunteer in Minsk, Belarus
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Poaching: Criminalized Endogenous Innovation?
Clapperton Chakanetsa Mayhunga reinterprets African environmental practices by foregrounding indigenous knowledge and innovation.
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Swimming with the Groundfish
Carmel Finley reflects on her developing interest in fish and fisheries, particularly in postwar fisheries science.
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Fighting the Deadly Fog
Amy M. Hay examines the history of Agent Orange and its environmental and human consequences—a story that represented a transnational history.
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Woodland Rambles
Kieko Matteson reflects on her childhood in Vermont, emphasizing how material traces such as stone walls and agricultural features reveal past land use and human-environment interactions.
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Salvation Road
Gijs Mom traces his path into environmental history through an initial concern with electric vehicles and the history of automobility.
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The Neo-Materialist Flip
Timothy LeCain outlines his shift from viewing technology as a departure from nature to understanding humans as materially embedded within it.
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A History of Flowing Water
Eva Jakobsson examines her intellectual development in environmental history through a focus on water systems and hydropower.
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Place, Time, and Me
Franz-Josef Brüggemeier explores the environmental history of Germany’s Ruhr region, focusing on industrial pollution and ecological restoration.
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From East to West
Lajos Rácz traces his development as a climate historian back to his experience growing up in rural Hungary.