Enforced Cosmopolitanization and the Staging of Risks
Heike Egner critiques both the pessimism and idealism in Ulrich Beck’s risk theory, highlighting the limits of global cooperation and the role of science in amplifying risk.
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Peat-Powered Berlin: The Role of Peat in the Urban Energy Transition in the Mid-Nineteenth Century
Arcadia, Autumn 2024, no. 13
Limits of the Landscape: A Waste Incinerator for Zurich’s Countryside
Arcadia, Spring 2024, no. 5
Interview with Daniel Macfarlane, author of Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US–Canada Relations
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Daniel Macfarlane is interviewed on his recent book, Natural Allies: Environment, Energy, and the History of US–Canada Relations.
Exploraciones subterráneas: Siguiendo la (in)visibilidad geotérmica de los Andes chilenos
Full text in Spanish of Rachel Carson Center alumnus Martín Fonck’s dissertation.
Hydroelectric Power and the Ashio Copper Mine
Arcadia, Summer 2023, no. 17
Visualizing Energy
Visualizing Energy is an open-access, interdisciplinary science-communication project that aims to increase actionable knowledge about a sustainable and just energy transition.
The Barcelona School of Ecological Economics and Political Ecology: A Companion in Honour of Joan Martinez-Alier
Full open access book on ecological economics.
“Human Overpopulation: The Elephant in the Greenhouse”
In this Springs article, professor Helen Tiffin considers the role of human overpopulation in the environmental crisis.
“The Heat Is On!”
In this Springs article, historian Melanie Arndt examines how the foundations for production, perception, and consumption of heating were laid at the turn of the twentieth century.