sustainability

A collection of essays that explore the “paper landscapes” of the colonial literature and archives in search of the real environmental history of Indonesia.

This fourth issue continues the journal’s exploration of the scientific paradigms of global environmental history.

An overview, in German, of the discipline of environmental history.

The authors highlight the role played by capitalism in the intensification of pearls and nacre harvesting that brought the resource to speedy exhaustion.

An interview with Serge Latouche, a proponent of the anti-utilitarian movement in environmental thought.

Environmental historian Federico Paolini talks to Wolfgang Sachs, head of the Berlin office of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment, and Energy, about some of today’s major environmental issues. These range from ecological justice to resources, development, and climate.

Reinaldo Funes Monzote traces the history of the Latin American and Caribbean Society of Environmental History, also known as SOLCHA.

Japan has one of the most eco-efficient economies in the world. The present paper looks at the history of two central policy measures designed to stimulate the emergence of a more sustainable industrial base.

A review of economist Óscar Carpintero’s history of resource use in the Spanish economy.