Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe: The Meuse Region, 1250–1850
Armies and Ecosystems in Premodern Europe: The Meuse Region, 1250–1850 by Sander Govaerts is available to download in its entirety.
ecosystems
“The Less Selfish Gene: Forest Altruism, Neoliberalism, and the Tree of Life”
“Why have millions of readers and viewers become magnetized by the hitherto arcane field of plant communication? The article argues that the contemporary appeal of plant communication is rooted in a quest for alternative modes of being to neoliberalism, modes more accommodating of the coexistence of cooperation and competition in human and more-than-human communities.”
Interview with David B Williams, author of A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, David B Williams is interviewed on his recent book, A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound.
Interview with Bruce Clarke, author of Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Bruce Clarke is interviewed on his recent book, Gaian Systems: Lynn Margulis, Neocybernetics, and the End of the Anthropocene.
The Sand of Caparica: A History of Human Intervention in a Beach-Dune System (Story Map)
Interactive story map by the DUNES Project.
EHL VideoDictionary: Biodiversity
Donald Hughes on biodiversity. This is an entry in the KTH EHL VideoDictionary.
Dune(s): Fiction, History, Science (Story Map)
Interactive story map on Frank Herbert’s book Dune and coastal history.
La vita tra i giganti: tradurre l’ecologia nella storia attraverso gli studi sulla montagna
Claudio de Majo mostra come la nozione di beni comuni, spesso analizzata da una prospettiva economica, possa anche essere interpretata in connessione ai cicli ecologici delle montagne della Sila in Italia e della Serra Gaucha in Brasile.
Life Among the Giants: Translating Ecology into History through Mountain Studies
Claudio de Majo argues that the notion of the commons, often seen as an economically motivated notion, could also be seen in relation to metabolic cycles, both in the mountains of Sila in Italy and in the uplands of the Serra Gaucha in southern Brazil.
“Challenging the Environmental History of the Cerrado: Science, Biodiversity and Politics on the Brazilian Agricultural Frontier”
This article presents an overview of the environmental history of the Brazilian Cerrado, its environmental characteristics and the processes related to the historical change in the landscapes of this endangered ecosystem.