Dear Optimistic Future Self
Cameron Muir’s letter explores the struggle to maintain hope amid despair, emphasizing the need to confront harsh realities rather than seek comfort in narratives.
political ecology
Dear Little Rock: The Ironic Plot in Civil Rights and Environmental Historiography
Nicole Seymour reflects on leaving Little Rock, exploring the city’s civil-rights legacy alongside present challenges, and draws lessons on struggle and hope.
A Letter About the Letter to Prison: Russian Environmental Activism, Political Protest, and the Value of Participation
Anna Mazanik reflects on writing to imprisoned environmental activist Yevgeny Vitishko, seeking hope in local resistance amid the overwhelming global environmental crisis.
A Letter to James Lovelock
Sherilyn MacGregor writes to James Lovelock in gratitude, arguing that his provocative opinions may inspire environmental action by encouraging people to think critically.
Rachel Carson and the Power of Queer Love
In this book, Lida Maxwell shows how Silent Springs stands as a monument to a unique, loving relationship between Rachel Carson and Dorothy Freeman, and how such love underpins a new environmental politics.
“The Place of the Moon”
Explore the Moon, the world, and the self in a lyrical essay with author Christopher Cokinos.
“Rivers as Battlefields: Ukraine’s Dnipro”
Ukraine’s Dnipro River and nearby inhabitants have lived through brute-force environmental change and war over the last century.
Episode 3: “The Place of Objects”
The third episode of Archival Ecologies centers around Nlaka’pamux knowledge keeper John Haugen, who describes the meaning and the making of baskets in his community and the recovery of them after the wildfire.
Episode 1: “In the Burn Zone”
In this first episode of Archival Ecologies, Jayme Collins discusses the fallout of a devastating wildfire in a village in Lytton, British Columbia, in 2021 and interviews member of the community on the big questions that inspire and inflect the event.
Interview with Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, and Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg, authors of Mussolini's Nature: An Environmental History of Italian Fascism
In this episode from the New Books Network podcast, Marco Armiero, Roberta Biasillo, and Wilko Graf Von Hardenberg are interviewed on their recent book, Mussolini’s Nature: An Environmental History of Italian Fascism.