"In and Out of Time"
Richard Gault explores the nature of time and its relation to our concerns for the future.
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Extracting Histories: Mining, Workers, and Environment
The current mining “boom” in Latin America is the latest reincarnation of a colonial era business that intensified with industrialization in the nineteenth century. The continuities in the practice are as striking as the breaks are remarkable.
Neurogeology: The Anthropocene’s Inspirational Power
This article argues that Planet Earth has entered a period of “neurogeology”: the mental states and resulting actions of individual humans, groups of humans, and the collective mental states of all humans together are creating a new mode of planetary development.
Our Daily Bread
The film depicts how modern food production companies employ technology to maximize efficiency, consumer safety, and profit.
Blood in the Mobile
Blood in the Mobile is the story about how our phones are connected to illegal mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
“Technology's Epic Story”
Kevin Kelly presents his perspectives on technology and its relevance to history, biology, and religion.
"Sustainabilty: An Interdisciplinary Guide"
An evolutionary analysis of history suggests that technology and morality can and will respond to a clearly perceived future threat to civilization. But will our response be fast enough?
Consuming Nature: Environmentalism in the Fox River Valley, 1850-1950
Summers shows that modern environmentalism is among the most important legacies of a consumer society.
Environmentalism and the Technologies of Tomorrow: Shaping the Next Industrial Revolution
A collection of essays by leading scientists, technologists, and thinkers that examine the nature of current technological changes, their environmental implications, and possible strategies for the transition to a sustainable future.
Roundtable Review of Wired Wilderness by Etienne Benson
Sara Dant, Michael Lewis, and Robert M. Wilson discuss Etienne Benson’s Wired Wilderness: Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife.