We Can’t Innovate Our Way Out of Ecocide
April 22, 2024
Gregory M. Thaler— Palm oil is the world’s most traded vegetable oil, popping up in everything from ice cream to packaged bread to lipstick. This global glut of cheap palm-based… READ MORE
Category: Environmental Studies
Provincials, Light and Grass
April 3, 2024
Sumana Roy— I’d sometimes wonder whether I’d still be a provincial if I were the only person on this planet. The next immediate thought is—are there provinces on other planets?… READ MORE
Earth Month Reading List 2024
April 1, 2024
First observed on April 22nd, 1970, Earth Day mobilizes support for environmental protection across the globe. Earth Month emerged in 1990, reconizing the global impact of Earth Day. Celebrate Earth… READ MORE
Navigating A Saltier Future
March 22, 2024
David Sedlak— World Water Day normally includes discussions about the struggle to provide water to meet the needs of people and the environment. In the coming decades, crises related to… READ MORE
Humanity’s Group Size Problem
March 6, 2024
Paul R. Ehrlich— Many of our problems seem traceable to Homo sapiens being a small-group animal, most comfortable in collections of under 150 people or so, the so-called Dunbar’s number…. READ MORE
Not Your Typical “Eco-Freak”
February 22, 2024
Brian Balogh— “The very first thing I thought to do, and I told our board of directors instantly, we must all buy shares of stock. And they looked at me… READ MORE
The Environment: Not Quite Left Out
January 17, 2024
Joya Chatterji— Most people of South Asia in the 20th century had a different understanding of the environment than we have today. Today we see speak of the impending “global… READ MORE
Was Oxygen Once the Limiting Nutrient for Complex Life?
November 30, 2023
Graham Shields— Whether it is phosphorus for fertiliser, iron for steel or carbon for fuel, humans devour the chemical elements we need to sustain our way of life. Since the… READ MORE
In the Eye of the Serpent
November 17, 2023
Whitney Barlow Robles— The serpent who beguiled Eve. Medusa’s ossifying glance. The hypnotic command of Kaa in Kipling’s Jungle Book. Harry’s second year at Hogwarts, turned upside down by a basilisk…. READ MORE
#SpeakUp: The Importance of Dignity
November 13, 2023
Jean E. Thomson Black— First published in 2011, Dignity: Its Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks has become a perennial bestseller, paving the way for the release of… READ MORE
Between Memory and History