Climates of Migration
This project looks at the historical intersections between environmental change and migration, and is particularly interested in climate-induced movements of people in the past.
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migration
State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?
In State of the World 2013: Is Sustainability Still Possible?, scientists, policy experts, and thought leaders attempt to restore the meaning to sustainability as more than just a marketing tool.
The Irish Potato Famine
The failure of the potato crop in Ireland, aided by harsh British land ownership policies, caused a period of mass starvation, disease, and emigration.
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"Immigration and Environment: Settling the Moral Boundaries"
Robert L. Chapman discusses how one might set moral boundaries relating to immigration and environment.
The Disappearing of Tuvalu—Trouble In Paradise
This film focuses on the threat of global warming and rising sea levels in the South Pacific Island State of Tuvalu.
Das neue Rachel Carson Center in München, oder: was heißt und zu welchem Ende betreibt man Weltumweltgeschichte?
About this issue
This essay is adapted from a lecture given by Rachel Carson Center director Christof Mauch at the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) of LMU Munich, as a prelude to a series of public lectures and colloquia held by the Carson Center.
Content
A Little Essay on Big: Towards a History of Canada’s Size
This article looks back in time to understand the relationship of Canada’s population to its territory.
“The Irish Famine of 1740–1741: Famine Vulnerability and ‘Climate Migration’”
The authors regard migration as a form of adaptation and argue that Irish migration in 1740–1741 should be considered as a case of climate-induced migration.
Review of An Environmental History of Latin America by Shawn William Miller
A glowing review of a synthesis of some of the key themes in the study of environmental history as it relates to Latin America.
"Sustaining Soil Fertility: Agricultural Practice in the Old and New Worlds"
Using case studies from Austria and Kansas, this paper compares the socioecological structures of the agricultural communities immigrants left to those that they found and created on the other side of the Atlantic.