pesticides

On the use, abuse, and regulation of pesticides from World War II until 1970.

The film documents Sandra Steingraber’s travels across North America, during which the ecologist and writer works toward breaking the silence over cancer and its environmental links.

This exploration of the deepening crisis of food security in India looks at four case studies, dealing respectively with Punjab, Warangal, Kalahandi, and Bellary. These are interspersed by insights into a movement in the Himalayas that may offer alternatives in the form of sustainable agricultural systems, which revive traditional agricultural practices (Beej Bachao Andolan).

An analysis of the challenges faced by grassroots campaigns in the United States, and the corporations they oppose.

From its polluted landscapes to its poisoned workers, India is paying a heavy price for Europe’s desire for cheap cotton.

The orchard is suggestive of the ways in which commercial apple growing was represented as an idealised lifestyle linking rural economy and nature…

A comparative analysis of the reception of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the United States and in the UK.