Syllabi in Environment and Society
Short profiles of university and course syllabi, and collaborative syllabi projects on Environment and Society.
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Inger Andersen and Jane Goodall Are All In #ForNature
In this episode from Outrage + Optimism, hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac, and Paul Dickinson discuss the importance of biodiversity, the role of nature, and environmental justice.
The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras: Significance for Conservation
A book on the extinct quagga, a pony-sized zebra that inhabited southern Africa.
“An Otherworldly Species: Joshua Trees and the Conservation-Climate Dilemma”
Trees are also entangled with politics. In “An Otherworldly Species: Joshua Trees and the Conservation-Climate Dilemma” historian Thomas M. Lekan discusses what he considers a false choice between climate protection and conservation.
Uma tempestade perfeita na Amazônia
Spanish translation of chapter 1 from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
Una tormenta perfecta en la Amazonía
Spanish translation of chapter 1 from Timothy J. Killeen’s book A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
“Weltnaturschutz”: Global Protection of Nature
The text “Weltnaturschutz” (World nature protection) by Paul Sarasin (1856–1929) is a key document in the history of the global nature conservation movement.
A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness, vol. 1
Volume 1 of 3 of A Perfect Storm in the Amazon Wilderness.
A Blue-Green Oasis in the Heart of the Kazakh Steppe: The Korgalzhyn Nature Reserve
Arcadia, Spring 2022, no. 2
Interview with Emily O'Gorman, author of Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia's Murray-Darling Basin
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Emily Gorman is interviewed on her recent book, Wetlands in a Dry Land: More-Than-Human Histories of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin.