In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past—and future—of global agriculture. Eddens connects today’s efforts to cultivate a “Green Revolution in Africa” to a history of American projects …
Read More >By Michael Mascarenhas, author of Toxic Water, Toxic System: Environmental Racism and Michigan’s Water War My new book, Toxic Water, Toxic System is not just the story of how the state failed …
Read More >By Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation This post was originally published on The Conversation, and is reposted here with permission. Billions of …
Read More >Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. …
Read More >As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Associate Editor Naja Pulliam Collins to talk about her role as the new Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, what kinds …
Read More >By Tim Palmer, author of Seek Higher Ground: The Natural Solution to Our Urgent Flooding Crisis As the water rose during the most damaging flood in American history up to that time, …
Read More >Daniel Jaffee’s UNBOTTLED looks at the impact of bottled water on social justice and sustainability, and the diverse movements challenging its continued growth.
Read More >By Phaedra C. Pezzullo, author of Beyond Straw Men: Plastic Pollution and Networked Cultures of Care This month, international leaders and representatives are gathering in Nairobi, Kenya, to finalize a Global Plastics Treaty, which …
Read More >“A stunning atlas of the present and future.”—Rebecca Solnit
Read More >The Tropical Turn chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials …
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