Ecological Sites of Memory is a RCC project that seeks to look into the historical memories that resonate in our environmental thinking.
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This project looks at the historical intersections between environmental change and migration, and is particularly interested in climate-induced movements of people in the past.
In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders attempt to restore the meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool.
State of the World 2012: Moving Toward Sustainable Prosperity showcases creative policies and fresh approaches that are advancing sustainable development in the twenty-first century.
State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet introduces the latest agro-ecological innovations and their global applicability and also gives broader insights into issues including poverty, international politics, and even gender equity.
Situated on the Polish-Slovak border, the Tatra Mountains are protected by two neighboring National Parks. The history of the parks, which began in the 1880s, is deeply marked by the situation of these mountains on an imperial, and subsequently national, borderland.
This book tells the stories of urban do-it-yourself activists contesting conventional conditions of production and consumption through urban gardening sites, open repair workshops, fab labs, and share-and-swap events.
The 2014 edition, marking the Institute’s fortieth anniversary, examines both barriers to responsible political and economic governance as well as gridlock-shattering new ideas.
The special edition of State of the World, The Consumer Society, examines how we consume, why we consume, and what impact our consumption choices have on the planet and our fellow human beings.
In 1975, construction began for the Thames Barrier, a moveable flood defense located on the River Thames, downstream of central London in the United Kingdom.