By Yolanda Ariadne Collins, author of Forests of Refuge: Decolonizing Environmental Governance in the Amazonian Guiana ShieldThis essay was originally published on The Conversation.Illegal mining for critical minerals needed for the global renewable energy transition is increasingly driving deforest...
UC Press is excited to announce the forthcoming publication of Animal History, a quarterly, online journal from the editorial team of historians Thomas Aiello (Valdosta State University), Susan Nance (University of Guelph), and Daniel Vandersommers (University of Dayton). Animal History w...
Why has Silicon Valley become the model for addressing today’s myriad social and ecological crises? With this book, Julie Guthman digs into the impoverished solutions for food and agriculture currently emerging from Silicon Valley, urging us to stop trying to fix our broken food system th...
In December 2013, UC Press’s mission-driven, trans-disciplinary, open-access journal Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene published its first article, ushering in its motto, “Open Science for Public Good.” In this blog post we pause to reflect and take note of some of the publication hig...
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By Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation
I grew up in the shadow of the Mississippi River, whose mythology pressed upon my imagination.
Its culture inspired iconic works and pol...
Deep below the ground in Tucson, Arizona, lies an aquifer forever altered by the detritus of a postwar Superfund site. Disabled Ecologies tells the story of this contamination and its ripple effects through the largely Mexican American community living above. Drawing on her own complex...
Two decades ago, a group of Indonesian agricultural workers began occupying the agribusiness plantation near their homes. In the years since, members of this remarkable movement have reclaimed collective control of their land and cultivated diverse agricultural forests on it, repairing...
Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta uses the story of mud to answer a deceptively simple question: How can a place uniquely vulnerable to sea level rise be one of the nation’s most promiscuous producers and consumers of fossil fuels? Organized around New Orleans and South Lou...
Case Studies in the Environment is pleased to announce the winners of the 2023 Case Studies in the Environment Prize Competition.
Eligible submissions are judged for their ability to translate discrete case studies into broad, generalizable findings; for advancing a strong perspective ...
The IJURR Book Series has established itself as a cornerstone in the field of global urban studies, pushing the boundaries of critical, interdisciplinary, and theory-driven urban research across the globe. Entering a new phase with its partnership with UC Press starting in 2024, the IJ...