Urban agriculture sounds promising, especially given how energy-intensive vegetable production in greenhouses has become, from the Netherlands to Spain. But can it be that simple?
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EHN’s 8th Anniversary Retrospective
EHN is proud to celebrate eight years of publishing. To finish off this year’s anniversary week, the core editorial team selected three essays that spoke to them personally, which you can read below. First, we […]
Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Notes from the Beinecke’s Rachel Carson Exhibit
“Silent Springs, Windswept Seas: Rachel Carson’s Environmental Vision,” an exhibit curated by Carla Baricz and James Kessenides, is on display on the second floor of Yale University’s Beinecke Library until October 4, 2026. In late […]
Disruptive Reciprocity: A Review of The US Military and the Pacific Environment
The edited volume explores how the Pacific environment influences and disrupts US military operations.
Lakebody: Living Waters at Great Salt Lake
I am sitting on the shores of the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City, Utah. The scorching sun beats down on my back, and I am the only one who has braved the 20-minute […]
The Cultural Cost of Climate Change in Vanuatu
Climate change is not only a weather story. In the South Pacific, in Vanuatu, one of the most disaster-prone nations on Earth, it is also a culture story. Their culture will adapt, but the question is what will survive intact when climate pressure is changing the environment faster than generations can pass their knowledge on.
The Return to Offshore: From Nuclear Power to Data Centers
What can we learn from the attempt to build an offshore nuclear power plant?
Reclaiming the Visual, Ecologically
Smith, Olga, and Andrew Patrizio, eds. Methods for Ecocritical Art History. Manchester University Press, 2026. The book cover shows weeds on a Paris street, a photograph by artist Jean-Luc Moulène, whose work is the subject […]
Not Just Possums: Feral Cats, “Stone-Cold Killers,” and Conservation
This essay was originally published by Emily Major in her research activism blog Framing Speciesism. Addendum to original article (trigger warning for graphic descriptions): This cross-posted article is timely as the North Canterbury Hunting Competition […]