The modernization, the declinist, and the inclinist paradigms of the late twentieth century, despite their differences, all tended to frame environmental change in a unilinear Nature-to-Culture fashion, which in turn entailed homogenizing the agency, process, and outcome of environmental change. This article examines the characteristics of each paradigm, as well as some of the paradoxes that have arisen in their wake. Finally, it looks to alternative approaches.

Editors in chief Mauro Agnoletti and Gabriella Corona outline the journal’s objectives in its first issue.

A political thriller about GMOs and freedom of speech.

In this book, Laura Dassow Walls describes how the explorer Alexander von Humboldt developed his unitary worldview.

The documentary contrasts the results of using genetically-modified crops purchased from multinational agrochemical corporations with the maintenance of community seedbanks and biodiversity.

This is the story of farmer Percy Schmeiser who is drawn into a struggle for justice and, ultimately, survival in the face of exploitation by a multinational corporation.

From genetically modified foodstuffs to animals and designer babies, this documentary explores the current and possible future impacts of genetic engineering on both the natural environment and human nature.

Experts in history, history of science, archaeology, geography, and environmental studies examine the history of the region.

A cultural history of the Grand Canyon that investigates the intersections of culture, nature, and landscape.