Blogs about: Environmental History

what comes naturally6 comments

eb wrote 2 years ago: It’s nice to see a bit of environmental history get reviewed prominently (as opposed to being … more »

Tags: german history

Buffaloed9 comments

ari wrote 1 month ago: On this day in 1874, Harper’s Weekly ran the above cartoon. As recently as mid century, … more »

Tags: tdih

Closed and Open Systems: Two Arenas of Human History

Bryson Nitta wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a little paper I wrote for my Environmental History class.  The sources are probably o … more »

Tags: Donald Worster, dust bowl, Ecology, Environment, Environmental Philosophy, Environmentalism, Great Plains, History, natural disaster

The Dust Bowl and unchecked capitalism2 comments

goodreadings wrote 2 months ago: Environmental historian Donald Worster’s Dust Bowl points the finger for the agricultural, env … more »

Tags: Books, dust bowl, Donald Worster, Great Plains, capitalism, Marxist history, Environment

CEP Conversations: Donald Worster, environmental historian - How humans have dealt with cycles of climate and energy on the Great Plains, and what it means for our future1 comment

climateandenergy wrote 2 months ago: Posting this CEP Conversation during the week of Earth Day seemed like a good fit. All too often, we … more »

Tags: CEP Conversations, climate change, Kansas, Environment, Great Plains

Where 'dead' horses go to die

Achirri wrote 3 months ago: The expression ‘where horses go to die’ first came to me through a Zulu student studying … more »

Tags: Environment, Nature, Non-Fiction

New 'History and Sustainability' website and project at Cambridge

radyokalikasan wrote 3 months ago: ‘History and Sustainability’ www.historyandsustainability.org Research and Resources fo … more »

Tags: Academe, Culture, History, Sustainable Development, University of Cambridge

firou wrote 3 months ago: The First World Conference of Environmental History  (WCEH) hosted by the International Consortium … more »

Tags: Academic events, Conference, WCEH

Earth's Crumbling Cathedrals

Achirri wrote 3 months ago: Illegal logging and the heart of darkness 22 April 2003 GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL Amste … more »

Tags: Wildlife Conservation, Non-Fiction, Nature, Environment

Environmental Nude Essay

radyokalikasan wrote 4 months ago: Note: Prof. Shaffer’s essay, “On the Environmental Nude,” is in the January 2008 i … more »

Tags: History, Photography, Environment, Education, nude, Essay

MIT Seminar on Environmental & Agricultural History

radyokalikasan wrote 4 months ago: MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History “The Port Royal Earthquake and the World … more »

Tags: Academe, History, Agricultural History, Conservation, Education, MIT, Seminar

GIS Map of West Ham's Hybrid Landscape

Jim wrote 4 months ago: This map shows the patchwork of land uses in West Ham at the end of the nineteenth century. … more »

Tags: Built environment, East London, History, Hybrid Landscape, Urban Environmental Histroy, west ham

West Ham and the River Lea

Jim wrote 4 months ago: West Ham was located east of London on the Essex side of the River Lea that formed the eastern borde … more »

Tags: River Lea, west ham

Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History, February 8, 2008

radyokalikasan wrote 5 months ago: MIT Seminar on Environmental and Agricultural History - February 8, 2008 ‘Wilding the Farm or … more »

Tags: History, Academe, Environment, Conservation, Ecology, Agricultural History, MIT, University of South Africa, wildlife

Interview with Aaron Sachs

John Russell wrote 8 months ago: The World’s Fair has a 3-part interview with Aaron Sachs, author of The Humboldt Current: Nine … more »

Tags: US

Online Resource of the Week: American Environmental Photographs, 1891-1936

woolybugger wrote 8 months ago: American Environmental Photographs Milne Special Collections has a number of significant collections … more »

Tags: Online Resource of the Week, Photographs, Landscape Photography, Botany, college students, Web Resources, Women's History, University of Chicago

Podcast available of author Kevin Marsh on KEXP

uwashingtonpress wrote 8 months ago: Kevin Marsh, author of Drawing Lines in the Forest, appeared on KEXP’s “Mind over Matte … more »

Tags: Western History, Weyerhaeuser Series

Natural Earth Goes Green

Michael Page wrote 9 months ago: At the North American Cartographic Information Society (NACIS) meeting held in St. Louis, MO this w … more »

Tags: Data, cartography, Natural Earth, base map

Two new great reviews for Richard Walker's The Country in the City

uwashingtonpress wrote 9 months ago: Richard Walker’s The Country in the City has received two new outstanding reviews from major … more »

Tags: Reviews, Western History, Weyerhaeuser Series


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