Dueling Manifestos: Responses to an Ecological Crisis
This comparison of the Leap and the Ecomodernist Manifestos finds hope in an ethic of care.
Tagged: Anthropocene
Measuring the Anthropocene
In the Anthropocene, or “age of humans,” maps open up important but complicated spaces of dialogue about the “human imprint” on earth systems.
Placing the Golden Spike: Uneasy Temporality in the Anthropocene
A new exhibit at the UW-Milwaukee Institute for Visual Arts offers a range of imaginative visualizations for the crisis of the Anthropocene.
Edgy Stuff: January 2015 Recommendations
January 2015 recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Edgy Stuff: December 2014 Recommendations
December recommendations from the Edge Effects editorial board.
Speaking to Us, Speaking to the World: Elizabeth Kolbert on the Craft of Environmental Journalism
Sarah Dimick sits down with Elizabeth Kolbert to discuss writing in and about the Anthropocene.
The Anthropocene Slam: Mutiny, Play, and the Everyday
The recent Anthropocene Slam at UW-Madison suggested that play might be a key strategy for survival in the “Age of Humans.”
Seven Ways to Sense the Anthropocene
Seven projects that help us to better sense—visualize, hear, count—ecological and social transformations in the “Age of Humans.”
The Anthropocene: The Promise and Pitfalls of an Epochal Idea
Has Homo sapiens become a geological actor altering the conditions of life so forcefully that our impacts are being written into the fossil record? If so, what are the implications for how we imagine human history, ethics, power, and responsibility?
