Reading Time: 7 minutesThe dusky seaside sparrow was a small songbird once abundant within a small range in Southern Florida.
Environmental History Now.
A Platform on Representation, Engagement, and Community
On Sustainability and Solidarity
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs Time Magazine wrote in late 2021, labor unions are “having a moment.” Precarious conditions that have long been the norm have become both more prominent and more severe.
A Well of One’s Own: Caste, Water, and Freedom
Reading Time: 5 minutesOn a cool October morning in 2019, I visited Babu on his small plot of farmland, now a lush patchwork of vegetables that his wife sells at weekly markets in nearby towns.
Storied Botanical Collections: The Life & Curatorship of Dr. Dorothy Swales
Reading Time: 12 minutesThis blog post is an excerpt drawn from my thesis where I foreground the life and curatorship of Dr. Dorothy Newton Swales (1901-2001), the first woman to curate the McGill University Herbarium.
Life Stories of Women Leaders in Defense and Care of the Environment in Southwestern Colombia, 1990-2022
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis is an invitation to get to know, learn and remember the life stories of women who care for and defend nature and their territories.
Towards an Ecocritical Art History
Reading Time: 6 minutesEcocriticism is founded on a desire to seek out non-hierarchical modes of thinking, which makes it a close cousin to feminist, queer, Marxist, and postcolonial theories.
Seeking Justice in Transitions: On Sámi and Mapuche Struggles with Green Colonialism
Reading Time: 4 minutesAs climate-related research warns us, the need for a transition towards fossil-fuel-free ways of producing energy is undeniable at this point in history.