Archiving Weather Data
It was mid-summer and excruciatingly hot in Washington, D.C. It wasn’t just me––July 2014 would…
Browsing: Environment
Paul Revere Recycled: How More Than Two Centuries of Material Reuse Informs the Future Success and Failure of Environmental Services in Industrial Society
In the popular imagination, recycling arose out of the modern environmental movement. Some associate recycling…
Global Weirding in America’s First Gilded Age
“The disastrous floods and tornadoes in the United States within the last five years have…
Organizing for Change: The Genius of the First Earth Day
The story of the first Earth Day always has struck me as inspiring, but now…
Labor and the Environmental Justice Movement: Why Their Shared History Matters Today
The recent pipeline battle at Standing Rock, and the lead poisoning disaster in Flint, have…
It’s Environmental History Month at Process
This month, in honor of Earth Day on April 22, Process will be featuring a…
The Historical Foundations of Abundance
Historians are so obsessed with discerning or making new “turns” these days that it may…
Lifting the Redwood Curtain
Could you briefly describe your dissertation? My dissertation examines the history leading up to the…
Finding its Way: Thoughts on Environmental History
The more people who want to talk about nature, the harder it seems to say…
Has Environmental History Lost Its Way?
Road kill. Plywood. Gas Masks. Black soil. These were among the myriad topics covered during…