Making Sense of... by Rae Ferner-RoseApr 24, 202612:04 pm

Polar bear with blood-stained mouth and paws walking on floating ice.

Making Sense of Polar Bear Headlines

In recent months, I have noticed a spate of ‘positive’ headlines popping up in my news feeds and on social media about the health and well-being of polar bears. Whilst some might call me a cynic, […]

Making Sense of... by María del Pilar Peralta ArdilaApr 23, 20264:41 pm

A large hippopotamus partially submerged in water with mouth open, splashing near a shoreline, with green vegetation and trees visible in the background.

Whim, Negligence, and Socio-Ecological Harm: The Culling of Escobar’s Hippo Descendants

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development activated a plan to curb the spread of the hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in Colombia. These are descendants of the animals that Pablo Escobar brought to his private zoo […]

News by EHN TeamApr 23, 20264:03 pm

Call for content and review editors

We’re looking for new content and review editors at Environmental History Now! EHN is a volunteer platform for the voices of women, trans, and/or nonbinary (FLINTA*) early career scholars in environmental humanities and environmental history. […]

EHN Blog by Maggie McNultyApr 23, 20269:00 am

A green park with a cityscape in the background. There is a winding walking path through the center, cottonwood trees, and native flowers growing.

Desire in a Damaged Landscape: The Promise and Paradox of Denver’s Platte Farm Open Space

EHN Blog by Valeria ZambianchiApr 9, 20269:00 am

Diagrams of the Copernican, Brahean, Cartesian, and Ptolemaic systems, maps of the Sun and Moon, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Jupiter, and two diagrams showing the Earth's parallels.

Rethinking Incomplete Metaphors for the Earth System

We often hear about the Anthropocene, but what if it’s not the only way to understand our impact on Earth? Ideas like the noosphere and technosphere offer striking new ways to see humanity’s role on Earth.

EHN Blog by Katie KungMar 26, 20269:00 am

An All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) on rolling hills in a misty morning.

A future with non-kins:  the rape of a wallaby

In Aotearoa New Zealand, wallabies are invasive pests. In a world of “multispecies” relationship, what does it mean to be an invader? What forms of care, cruelty, and gendered violence emerge in the name of ecological protection?

EHN Blog by Adrienne BrownMar 12, 20269:00 am

Adaptation of KC Green comic in which a young women dressed in office wear sits at her desk in the middle of a room surrounded by flames and smoke. On her desk is a green mug, a laptop and a stack of papers. On the wall is a poster

This is Fine: Studying Intersectional US Environmental History While it Burns Around Us

It is really hard to focus on the work in front of you when your field is burning around you.

EHN Blog by Evelyn RamielFeb 26, 20269:00 am

Book cover of Richard O. Prum's book Performance all the Way Down: Genes, Development, and Sexual Difference, published by University of Chicago Press in 2023.

Sex Is a History: A Review of Performance all the Way Down by Richard O. Prum

Book review of Richard O. Prum’s book Performance all the Way Down, published by University of Chicago Press in 2023.

EHN Blog by Wan Yin Kimberly FungFeb 12, 202610:18 am

A view of the Watarase Yūsuichi, taken from an observation tower in February 2022. Two reed-covered areas are divided by a concrete water conduit and surrounded by roads. On the left, the reeds stand upright and appear straw-yellow, with one corner harvested. On the right, the reeds are bent, tangled, and greyer in hue.

Fieldwork In-between: Walking and Cutting Grass in Japan’s Post-Mining Landscape

Walking through Ashio’s scarred mountains (Japan) and cutting grass along the Watarase River, fieldwork turns out to be less about gathering data and more about learning to sense how toxicity and care coexist.

EHN Blog by Robyn GulliverJan 29, 20269:00 am

Screenshot of the Rising Tide climate activism website from the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, dated 2005. The page header shows "Climate change activism in Newcastle" with navigation menu items including Events, Campaigns, Resources, Home, Actions, Media, Contact, and Links. The main content displays upcoming events including a Winter Solstice community action against coal and climate change at Newcastle's Civic Park. The page features information about Rising Tide as a grassroots group campaigning against climate change in Newcastle, describing it as the largest coal port by export volume. A prominent photograph shows climate activists holding protest signs reading "NO COAL POWER" and "CLIMATE DISASTER" during a demonstration. The page also lists various actions including protests at political offices and information about a Climate Criminals Carnival event in Sydney.

Counting What counts: Preserving environmental activism history

When the flyers, posters, and participants are lost or forgotten, so too is our understanding about how our shared environmental history has been shaped by activism.