Liquid Asset: Water in Victorian Gold Mining
Susan Lawrence and Peter Davies discuss the environmental consequences of water-resource infrastructures created during the gold rush in Victoria.
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To Dig a Well (in Siberia)
Arcadia, Summer 2017, no. 13
Dead Zones and Toxic Algae Bloom in US Waters
Arcadia, Spring 2017, no. 7
Pollution, Local Activism, and the Politics of Development in the Canadian North
Sandlos and Keeling explore Indigenous resistance to arsenic pollution. Indigenous communities mobilized knowledge around environmental pollution and its health impacts. The authors show how this resistance to environmental racism is connected to other Indigenous struggles over industrial development and to issues such as land claims, sovereignty, and colonial dispossession.
The Fen River in Taiyuan, China: Ecology, Revitalization, and Urban Culture
Arcadia, Autumn 2016, no. 17
Versailles’ Drinking Water and the Last Service of the Marly Machine, 1859–1963
Arcadia, Autumn 2016, no. 14
A Milestone on the Road to Independence? Singapore’s Catastrophic 1954 Floods
Arcadia, Autumn 2016, no. 13
Oil & Water
This film follows two young men fighting to preserve the Ecuadorean Amazon. One is a member of the indigenous Cofan tribe, sent to the US for a Western education as a child; the other is an American college student.
Racing to Zero: In Pursuit of Zero Waste
This film follows the efforts of the city of San Francisco to reach zero waste.
Flow: For Love of Water
This film discusses many of the themes surrounding water issues, especially privatization.