“Stew of the Earth”
The Azorean archipelago is a lesson not only in geography and geology but also in cooking stew.
About the Exhibition
This page presents the virtual exhibition “Energy Transitions” and its author—historian Nuno Luís Madureira.
geothermal power
Exploraciones subterráneas: Siguiendo la (in)visibilidad geotérmica de los Andes chilenos
Full text in Spanish of Rachel Carson Center alumnus Martín Fonck’s dissertation.
Subterranean (In)visibilities: Traces, Underground Water, and Thermal Flows in the El Tatio Geyser Field, Atacama, Chile
Who Generates Demand for Sustainable Energy Transitions? Geothermal Heating in Reykjavík
Odinn Melsted traces Reykjavík’s transition from coal to geothermal energy.
Energizing the Spaces of Everyday Life: Learning from the Past for a Sustainable Future
About this issue
This volume of Perspectives offers case studies of energy transitions within everyday environments over the last two centuries, from Europe to South Asia, to North and Latin America.
Content
About the Exhibition
Energy Transitions
Human practices of energy consumption both transform—and are transformed by—social structures. This exhibition—written by historian Nuno Luís Madureira—introduces the concept of “energy transitions,” structural shifts in energy use and their pathways, obstacles, and consequences, challenging the view of “transitions” as the simple replacement of one energy resource by another.
by Nuno Luís MadureiraAbout the author
Imagining Transitions
Imagining Transitions
In this chapter of the virtual exhibition “Energy Transitions,” historian Nuno Luís Madureira discusses the drivers of future transitions in the light of past ones.
Energy Transitions
Human practices of energy consumption both transform—and are transformed by—social structures. This exhibition—written by historian Nuno Luís Madureira—introduces the concept of “energy transitions,” structural shifts in energy use and their pathways, obstacles, and consequences, challenging the view of “transitions” as the simple replacement of one energy resource by another.
by Nuno Luís MadureiraAbout the author
Alfred Wegener’s Theory of Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener was the first scientist to theorize the concept of continental drift to explain how land masses are situated today. Modernized technology proved his proposition to be true in the 1960s and many divisions of geologic study today begin with Wegener’s ideas.
Regions:
Donatella de Rita on "The Role of Geology in Urban Site and Development"
Donatella de Rita, Carson Fellow from April 2012 until June 2012, speaks about her research project on urban development and the associated hazard in volcanic areas, as well as on geoarcheology.