Cet essai ira de récits héroïsant la main d’œuvre extractiviste à des voix contemporaines qui démantèlent la pétro-masculinité pour faire surgir des racines coloniales et écologiques, ainsi que les ré...

For more than a century, scientists have treated Antarctica’s environments as windows into worlds beyond Earth.

This essay moves from Norwegian narratives that heroize extractive labour toward contemporary voices that dismantle petro-masculinity to confront broader colonial and ecological roots and realities of...

Negatively charismatic animals still captivate people, and charismatic naturalists like Steve Irwin can shift public perception toward conserving these species.

Climate disasters are worsening, but FEMA cuts under Trump endanger preparedness—disproportionately harming marginalized, disabled, and underserved Americans nationwide.

An introduction to the series Dwelling in Place which proposes a relational and active practice of dwelling that engages human and non-human actors in a shared temporal and spatial history.

For me, practising monstrosity begins by sitting with webworms, respecting their space and leaving their web intact while noticing my body with open curiosity rather than reactionary shame.

How did the construction of the Mica Dam in the 1970s affect the local population and the landscape?

Six presenters from a September 2026 Universität Augsburg workshop explore how historically ignored, "uncharismatic" species shape environmental history and human records.

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The People’s Beach remains a place of refuge and joy for all bodies and sexualities.

Jessica DeWitt interviews Jennifer de Mooy about her new book, Water, Carbon, Time, exploring peatlands, environmental history, language, and climate hope.

Mega dams have been built with disastrous results for locals in many countries.

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of posts considering the intersection between environmental history and gender history. The entire series is available here. Today, flannel-clad, axe-wie...

In Langford’s telling, Robert Lilley ultimately serves as a martyr of a well-fought battle against capitalist destruction and environmental ruin.

Six presenters from a September 2026 Universität Augsburg workshop explore how historically ignored, "uncharismatic" species shape environmental history and human records.

"What is interesting about post-catastrophe narratives is that they explore the immediate reaction and confusion to a disaster in a real and relatable way and then proceed with the work that has to be...

Une évaluation de l'interdiction actuelle, dénoncée par l'industrie des pêches au Canada et en Europe, a été lancée par Bruxelles en 2024.

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‘The climate issue is the security issue,’ says Turkish minister at Pacific pre-Cop summit in Fiji

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An introduction to the series Dwelling in Place which proposes a relational and active practice of dwelling that engages human and non-human actors in a shared temporal and spatial history.

12-13 November 2026 - Toronto - The 2nd Annual Canadian Environmental Crime Research Network Conference explores how illicit activities exacerbate global climate, pollution, and biodiversity crises.

This study reminds environmental historians that questions of gender are inextricably tied up with our historical relationship with nature.

Oil spills have always been a frequent hazard associated with the development and operation of oil pipelines in Canada.

We are thrilled to announce the eighth year of our partnership with the Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society and Folklore magazine, a quarterly print magazine edited by Bethany Knowles, PhD Candi...

On June 7, 2025, Toronto hosted outdoor medieval plays amid wildfire smoke, blending ecological crisis with theatrical reflection.

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Nave Nitrof’s film Nettle Fest ’87 celebrates queer punk kinship with nettles, though it unintentionally reproduces settler-colonial erasure of Indigenous histories.

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