Detailing the converging human and geological histories of Glacier National Park, US, this article traces the demise of the park’s primary attraction, the glaciers.
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In episode 59 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj, Jennifer Bonnell, and Owen Temby discuss their new roles as editors of the publication Papers in Canadian History and Environment. They also hear from Matt Dyce and Jonathan Peyton about their forthcoming paper in the new publication.
In episode 51 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj, Lisa Brady, Mark Hersey, and Liza Piper discuss whether environmental history should emphasize materialism and the use of environment as an analytical lens or proceed as a “big tent” that incorporates a wide range of scholarship regardless of methodology.
Native American Church members need steady access to peyote, but demand for the plant has been outstripping supply.
Outdoor recreational access in the form of Swedish right to public access may provide people with the opportunity to connect to nature.
Once a benefit to humanity but now a scourge, the environment of the Niger Delta has been transformed into a haven for violence, militancy, and criminality.
Deane-Drummond’s article for the Special Commentary section focuses on Pope Francis’s statements about Catholicism, the environment, and social issues. She analyses how his choice of terminology and the concepts he engages set him apart from others speaking out on climate and inequality, and recognizes his contribution to environmental humanities literature.
Northcott’s article for the Special Commentary section discusses the content of Pope Francis’s Laudato si’, highlighting the economic implications of the Pope’s statements and the theological basis for them in the Christian tradition and elsewhere.
Goodchild’s article for the Special Commentary section analyzes Pope Francis’s Laudato si, focusing particularly on the concept of connectedness and the economic changes necessary for the Pope’s statements to become reality.
Harriet Ritvo’s article for the Living Lexicon for the Environmental Humanities section views the proliferation of introduced species as a symptom rather than a cause, and urges the identification of the real causes through a reconsideration of the morally loaded rhetoric within which biological migration and transplantation are often couched.