Under guidance of Dr. Katy Kole de Peralta, three environmental history students at ISUÂ will discuss environmental racism in a global context in this new series.
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
Archived in the Asphalt: An Abridged History of LA, Pleistocene to Present
The La Brea Tar Pits have yielded the most extensive record of a Pleistocene environment on the planet. Yet the pits are also a misnomer, for they are an artifact of nineteenth-century asphalt mining and twentieth-century fossil excavations.
The Life of Air: A Meditation on Studying the Unseen
From the south-facing window of my third floor apartment, I sometimes see the sunrise.
Acacias in Amboseli: Trees as Historical Memory in African Environmental History
There are certain questions that have given my research on the history of the Ilkisongo Maasai and conservation a sense of urgency.