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 that introduced capitalist agriculture across the Global South. ...
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 Black communities in Michigan—poisoning an entire city and shutting off water to thousands of ...
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 federal tax dollars will soon be pouring into Louisiana to fight climate change,...
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. Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question ...
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 of projects she’s looking for, and how authors can connect.
How did you become an...
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, I happened to be living at ground-zero of the storm. My house was narrowly spared, but neighbors suff...
by Daniel Jaffee, author of Unbottled: The Fight against Plastic Water and for Water Justice
In writing Unbottled: The Fight Against Plastic Water and for Water Justice, my aim was to capture the diverse range of social movements that are challenging the commodity of bottled water. I a...
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 aims to establish an international agreement on how to...
“A stunning atlas of the present and future.”—Rebecca Solnit
For Earth Day, we are thrilled to give you a preview of Sea Change: An Atlas of Islands in a Rising Ocean by Christina Gerhardt. Publishing in May 2023 and available now for pre-ordering, this brand new, original, and impo...
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 and textual sources in over seven ancient languages, The Tropical T...