What Would States Look Like If They Made Sense?
A new interactive web map allows you to explore a reimagined geography of the United States based on socially connected commuter megaregions generated using big data.
The Truthiness of Nature Films: A Review of Perrin and Cluzaud’s “Seasons”
The makers of “Winged Migration” return with a new film that challenges viewers’ expectations of authenticity in nature documentaries.
Expressing Extinction: A Conversation with Anna Lehner
During this period of rapid political change, glass and Morse code provide mediums for reflection on the environment and extinction.
Transparent Walls: The Work of Do Ho Suh
Four graduate students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison share their reflections on the work of Do Ho Suh.
Faculty Favorites: Books for an Engaged Spring
Environmental scholars in the United States and Europe share the books they’re most excited about teaching this spring.
The Surveyor’s Stone: Unearthing Hidden Markers of the American Landscape
Buried in the nineteenth century, stone markers continue to serve as the official, and often elusive, demarcation points of the Public Land Survey System.
Playing With Fire in Indonesia’s Peatlands
Indonesia’s previously swampy forests have become unpredictable, fuel-rich fire traps.
A Syllabus for Contextualizing Energy Policy Debates
Visions of the future of United States energy production cannot be understood without a good sense of the past. We’ve gathered some of the most helpful sources for thinking historically about energy.
Can Socialism Save the Planet?
Twentieth-century socialist countries get a worse environmental rap than they deserve, and some social theorists are attempting to reinvigorate Marx for the Anthropocene. Here’s where they go wrong.
Excavating the Private Sphere
A photo essay of mid-century domestic relics open a window on a woman’s hard, heroic, uncelebrated life.