"Economists' Preferences and the Preferences of Economists"
Bryan G. Norton makes a case for why economists must engage in interdisciplinary work that will clarify how preferences in relation to the environment are formed, criticised, and reformed.
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"Environmental Valuation: Some Problems of Wrong Questions and Misleading Answers"
Jack L. Knetsch discusses the contingent valuation of people’s willingness to pay in relation to environmental valuation.
“The People’s Fuel”: Turf in Ireland in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
This article examines in detail the trends in turf production and consumption in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, noting its striking resilience.
A Dutch Revolution: Natural Gas in the Netherlands
This essay contests the traditional narrative of the gas revolution in the Netherlands. To illustrate the domestic roots of revolutionary change, the essay focuses on gas use in households.
The Next Industrial Revolution
In The Next Industrial Revolution, architect Bill McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart bring together ecology and human design.
Thank You Third World
Thank You Third World is a campaign that highlights short movies which draw attention to the exploitation of workforce in the Global South.
The Light Bulb Conspiracy
The Light Bulb Conspiracy uncovers how planned obsolescence shapes economy and the production of consumer goods.
Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850-1950
Summers shows that modern environmentalism is among the most important legacies of a consumer society.
Agrarmodernisierung und Ökologische Folgen: Westfalen vom 18. bis zum 20. Jahrhundert
Most contributors to Agrarmodernisierung und Ökologische Folgen deal with the ecological consequences of farming and agriculture in twentieth-century Germany.
Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History
US history from an environmental perspective.