I have gotten our @greenhouseuis.net #envhum book talks for September & October posted! Always on Mondays at 16:00 (4pm) Central European time. For details see: newnatures.org/greenhouse/

So honored--My most recent book, Under Alien Skies (UNC Press), won the Society of the Cincinnati Prize. Public reception at their headquarters in October! www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/society-of-t...

I sure hope someone shares this link with Rachel Gross. theonion.com/historians-c...

As far as I know, this is the first class of its kind. We’re taking a study tour of NYC. I’m hoping Kenny Kramer will resume his reality tour, but I haven’t heard back. Perhaps @i-jasonalexander.bsky.social could pull some strings?

I’ve been rewatching SEINFELD the past few months. Finished it today. Coming this spring: a class on 1990s history told through the show. “The Course about Nothing: Life in SEINFELD’s America.”

Latest review!

The past is never dead. It’s not even past.

Connections: Reading @joshuanygren.bsky.social's The State of Conservation (a great book), reminded me that Henry Reuss, key congressional sponsor of the Ice Age Trail, was also an outspoken critic of stream channelization, which was most prominent in loess landscapes uncpress.org/book/9781469...

"If Isaiah were prophesizing today, the United States would be the subject of his righteous fury." #PrayForAmerica #RememberThePoor www.ncronline.org/opinion/home...

This restroom sign in Rocky Mountain National Park tells some stories

From the town of Escanaba Sailed a schooner one fall day Its name was Christina Nilsson And it made the news today The Nilsson had not cleared weather It could not find a slip It sunk with all its cargo It was pig iron on the ship Pig iron on the ship www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/l...

I had a great conversation with Sydney Widell of the Coon Creek Community Watershed Council, a true grassroots organization doing some great work with land & water management in the Driftless Area. Excited to join their meeting next week! @uncpress.bsky.social

Nature, Water, and Land Management in the West. Chaired by @joshuanygren.bsky.social

With a cover and a listing on Amazon, it's official. ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS will be published in October by the University of Oklahoma Press. Pre-orders now available! www.amazon.com/Ethanol-Hemi... 🗃️ 💡🔌🌽🇧🇷

Thanks so much for having me, Dolly and Finn Arne! I enjoyed our conversation.

April at the @greenhouseuis.net with book talks by @joshuanygren.bsky.social and @parhee.bsky.social and another #envhum themed board games night! 🌿

Very excited for this conversation!

Check out the most recent episode of Heartland History. @camdenburd.bsky.social has a great conversation with @joshuanygren.bsky.social about his recent book The State of Conservation: Rural America and the Conservation-Industrial Complex since 1920 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

I had a great time speaking with @camdenburd.bsky.social about THE STATE OF CONSERVATION. Check out the link below to hear us talk about bulldozers, kudzu, and thieving grandpas!

For those who want to read the English version:

"... Reminds me of childhood memories ..." — Redundant. You either have a memory, or you’re reminded of something. You’re not reminded of a memory. Heavy metal fans won’t stand for such writing, my friend."

“If the federal government can’t mandate conservation, at least it can say it won’t be party to a farmer’s raping his own land.” - Tom Barlow of @nrdc.org, 1982 “We must stop paying farmers to destroy our nation’s soil” - conservative Sen. Wm Armstrong (R-CO), 1982 www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

Really looking forward to these readings for my grad colloquium in 20th c rural America! It was hard to narrow down the list, and I had to cut many great books by friends and colleagues. But I’m pleased with how it turned out, w/ books by @loriflores.bsky.social, @erikloomis.bsky.social, & others.

Just two months till my new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press) is out! I outline how just a few giant firms came to dominate the farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds and pesticides industries, and the consequences of corporate power in those sectors. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...

BOOK THREAD in february, i published my book UNSUSTAINABLE: MEASUREMENT, REPORTING, AND THE LIMITS OF CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY with #NYUPress @capacademicbooks.bsky.social #greensky #anthrosky #geosky #newbook #sustainability #politicalecology nyupress.org/978147982201...

Working on page proofs for ETHANOL: A HEMISPHERIC HISTORY FOR THE FUTURE OF BIOFUELS, forthcoming later this year! 🗃️ 💡🔌

Publication Day! My book is officially out with @uncpress.bsky.social. A case study of conservation from the Progressive Era to the age of sustainability, it shows how agricultural conservation aided the rise of industrial ag -- with similar results for land & people. uncpress.org/book/9781469...

AHA 2025 book haul! @erikmbaker.bsky.social @renfro.bsky.social @joshuanygren.bsky.social

I think they’re called “posts” now

Author copies arrived this week! I just mailed this stack to family and friends, an experience that leaves me brimming with gratitude. Thanks also to everyone at @uncpress.bsky.social who helped make this possible!

Great to be back in the archives this week, working on the next project.

Last week I came across notes from grad school. On 8/18/2011—thirteen years ago, yesterday—I settled on a dissertation topic: the history of US soil & water conservation. The project is officially a teenager. Seems a fitting time to share page proofs:

All UNC Press print books — including mine! — available at 50% discount through August 4! Discount code: 01FLASH50 uncpress.org/book/9781469...

I forgot the most important part: the discount code! Save 30% by entering this code at checkout: 01SOCIAL30 uncpress.org/book/9781469...

My book (out in January 2025) is now available for preorder on the @uncpress.bsky.social website and elsewhere! uncpress.org/book/9781469...

What better time than this for my first post? I’m so excited to share the beautiful cover of my forthcoming book with @uncpress.bsky.social, due out in the Spring 2025 catalog. It’s amazing how the cover makes it all feel real!