Our lecture series “Thinking, Imagining, Building Future Environments” kicks off today—with historian Roland Wenzlhuemer, who will present on “Salvage in/and Global History.” www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_... #envhum #envhist

“Zoometrics and the Dogs of Gaza: Species, Race, and Settler-Colonial Violence,” a new article by RCC Alumni Fellow Irus Braverman published in the April 2026 issue of 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘺 & 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 🔗 read it here: dx.doi.org/10.1353/tae....

✍️ Telling Factual Stories Through Text & Video a writing workshop with video journalist and producer Mara Van Ells 📆 13 May 2026 👉 How often do you get your news from Instagram, TikTok, X, or YouTube? In this workshop, learn to write scripts for news and feature videos published on social media.

Tomorrow afternoon at 16:30 is ourfirst Tuesday Discussion with film maker Friedrich Klütsch, who introduces us not only to his latest documentary but also to the river Würm itself. www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_... #rccevents #documentary #ecology #local #munich #envhum

Our new lunchtime seminar series: Environment, Society, and Justice series with Anna Mazanik (Max Weber Network Eastern Europe) and Mónica Bru (University of Valencia). Bring your lunch and join us! The seminar is open to everybody. www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

This introduction to Minakata Kumagusu's non-teleological notion of "kokoro"--learned from slime moulds and esoteric Buddhism is astounding. So worth your time.

New Arcadia article by Eiko Honda: learn how the Japanese naturalist-polymath Minakata Kumagusu’s (1867–1941) fascination with slime mold shaped a multispecies onto-epistemology—and a fierce campaign to protect shrines and sacred forests. www.environmentandsociety.org/node/10086/ #envhum #envhist

New report from ASEH 2026 by our own Kathy Brosnan! Read about the latest conference in Kansas City: www.iceho.org/news/2026/4/... #EnvHist @aseh.bsky.social @asehearlycareer.bsky.social

🎙️New #audiorecording online on 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 🦅Poet and researcher Jake Goetz reads his poem “Der Bartgeier”—an homage to the bone-eating Alpine bird, who was hunted to extinction in the early twentieth century and reintroduced to the Alps in the 1980s. Listen to it here: springs-rcc.org/der-bartgeie...

New open-access book: Olfactory Worldmaking by Hsuan L. Hsu. Read the whole book for free on our Environment & Society Portal! #envhum

Finishing a PhD can feel anticlimactic. A year on, I am all the happier to share that my dissertation received the Munich Sustainability Award for its contribution to sustainability research. I am honoured by the recognition and grateful for the opportunity to share my results with a wider audience.

This is so beautiful. Please read it.

Marco Armiero's ERC project welcomes PhD candidates and Postdocs! A PDF in English is available at the bottom of the page. The project is called "CATCH: The Catholic Church and the Environment" #envhist #envhum

🚨 New 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 #audiorecording online now. Writer and cultural historian L. Sasha Gora reads her insightful essay “Stew of the Earth” from the sixth issue. 🍲 The Azorean archipelago is a lesson not only in geography and geology but also in cooking stew. listen here: springs-rcc.org/stew-of-the-...

Each year, whale sharks gather at Ningaloo Reef in Australia, and their seasonal appearance may remind us that the story of the ocean is also our own story. Learn more in our latest Arcadia article by Laura-Marie Dehne, illustrated by her beautiful photograps. #envhum #envhist

📽️ The Gleaners and I (dir. Agnès Varda, F 2000) 🎞️ Green Visions Film Series, summer 2026 🗓️ 7 April 2026, 18:30–21:00 🎤 Followed by a discussion with Dominique Bluher (Film Studies Center, University of Chicago) 👉 more info: www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de/events_conf_...

What is an environment, really? I reflect upon this in my latest essay, in which I write about my own path toward #EnvHist and the #EnvHum. This is also a commentary on Sverker Sörlin's great piece in the latest Global Environment. Turns out we have had similar but different environments!

New multimedia online exhibition! Using Amitav Ghosh’s novel 𝘎𝘶𝘯 𝘐𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥 as a vantage point, it draws on storylines and narrative elements to allow a multifocal engagement with the multiple social and ecological repercussions of climate change: www.environmentandsociety.org/exhibitions/...

@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social's reading list features an article by @palmblad.bsky.social, published in our latest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴, along with other exciting texts. #envhum #envhist

Another @riffreporter.bsky.social podcast is now available on the Portal. Ulrike Prinz presents the research of Niède Guidon and its implications for understanding the first humans in the Americas: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/when-did.... #envhum #envhist #rockpaintings #archaeology

This #callforsubmissions for a #workshop on German-Jewish literature of the long nineteenth century might be of interest. 📆 Workshop: 26–26 November 2026 ✍️ Deadline: 15 April 2026

We've just added a podcast by @riffreporter.bsky.social to the Environment & Society Portal; it discusses linalool extraction from rosewood in the Amazon rainforest. Listen to it for free: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/can-fore... #trees #fragrance #envhum #envhist #gardens #IndigenousPeoples

I was very lucky to be part of this amazing book. I've co-authored a piece on natural history collections and climate change with Martha Fleming (Natural History Museum of Denmark) as part of @collecol.bsky.social. Looking forward to finally seeing it in print! ✨🌿 #nathist #envhist #collections

🍎 Today’s highlight from the recently-published ninth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is “Making 𝘉𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘥é𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘴 and Tasting Terroir” by geographer Rory Hill. An exploration of the apple-growing culture and landscape of the island of Jersey through one of its little-known dishes. 👉 springs-rcc.org/making-bourd...

Next week, there will be two Speak4Nature lectures by Jonatan Palmblad at the University of Eastern Piedmont: "Technology and Ecology" and "Thinking Regionally: Building an Ecological Identity and Protecting Biodiversity." #EnvHum

Today’s highlight from the recently-published ninth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is the #interview “Growing Up amid #EnvironmentalChange: A Conversation with Jan David Hauck.” Jan David Hauck and Pooja Nayak discuss how changing environments change our language and morals. 👉 springs-rcc.org/growing-up-a...

Miyaoi Yasuo’s 1858 collection of tales, Kidan zasshi, challenges assumed human–animal boundaries, portraying shared ethics, reincarnation, and emotional connections by blending folklore and insights drawn from Edo-period experience. Read Tomoya Masuda's new Arcadia article to learn more! #EnvHist

The new 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 issue is now live on the Environment & Society Portal! Explore contributions from the RCC community, featuring reflections and perspectives on human–environment interactions across disciplines and media: www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/collecti... #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings

Former Carson Fellow Bron Taylor has made available some lectures and talks that might interest historians of environmentalism. First out is this lecture by Dave Foreman (Earth First!) from 1990, introduced by Bron himself. (1/4) #envhist

Our latest 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴 #fieldnote is “Interpreters of Dreams in the #EcuadorianAmazon” by Karla García. During her field research García encountered #dreaminterpretation at an environmental NGO. This practice intertwines different ontologies with the hopes NGO participants have for the land.

🪐 Today’s highlight is “How We Got Here” by writer-editor @rowandeer.bsky.social from the recently-published ninth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. A brief history of time: modern fable edition. 🔗 lnkd.in/dKeFYEHV

We think that our fellow environmental historian communities may be interested! @nichecanada.bsky.social @aseh.bsky.social @asehearlycareer.bsky.social @envhistnow.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @esehnextgate.bsky.social

This in-person lecture at @soasuni.bsky.social, co-organized by the Critical Research on Industrial Livestock Systems (CRILS) Network might be of interest to some. 🎟️ Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/soas-depar...

New Arcadia article by Smarika Nawani on how the autobiography of Zahīr ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), the first Mughal emperor, anticipates an ecological and multispecies understanding of the environment, highlighting confluence rather than divergence between humans and nonhumans. #EnvHist

♻️ Today’s highlight is “Recycling Cultures in India: Studying Electronic and Textile #Waste” by Anwesha Borthakur. #Recyclable waste in India is dealt with in traditional ways and could serve as a model for #sustainable #wastemanagement in the Global North. 👉 springs-rcc.org/recycling-cu...

Global #EnvHist community, don't miss our Verena Winiwarter Prize for the best article that contributes to global environmental history, focusing on comparisons and connections between different parts of the world or on areas outside mainstream scholarship in the field. Deadline: 15 August 2026

Did you know that our EU-funded Speak4Nature project has a Dictionary on Ecological Justice? Our project coordinator Jonatan Palmblad just published an entry on environmental history. Check out the website for current and upcoming entries! www.speak4nature.eu/dictionary/

Today’s highlight from the recently-published ninth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is “Der Bartgeier” by poet and researcher Jake Goetz. This #poem traces the complex relationship between humans and the largest bird of the #Alps, the bone-eating bearded #vulture (𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘨𝘦𝘪𝘦𝘳). 🦅 springs-rcc.org/der-bartgeier/

New #EnvHum book! Read Grasping Soil: A Syllabus and Essays for the Environmental Humanities by Emily Brownell for free on our Environment & Society Portal. This is sure to come in handy for lecturers in the field.

Read former Carson fellow Mu Cao's report from the Asian Association for Environmental History conference!

I have a new article out in Environment and History on Deutsche Bank's role in reshaping the geography of water in Ottoman Anatolia. #envhist Water’s Worth: Reconsidering Deutsche Bank’s 1907 Konya Plain Irrigation Project | Environment and History www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

Thinking of presenting on the #envhum at MLA 2027? ASLE has 2 session calls, consider a submission. Deadline for both is March 11, 2026: www.asle.org/calls-for-pa...

Today, we would like to highlight “The Inhuman Condition: Rethinking #Anthropocentrism” by environmental humanist @palmblad.bsky.social. In an increasingly inhumane world, this article argues that socioecological #justice can only be achieved by embracing human nature.

New page! Our "Environmental History Around the World" section is expanding, and we have now added a page with podcasts, interviews, lectures, and talks. This is just the beginning; Help us expand it by suggesting other series on environmental history! www.iceho.org/talk-series #EnvHist

On the history of the primate trade and colonial/postcolonial ecologies of extraction, conservation and care. Thanks to my co-editor Tara Suri and all who contributed to this Focus section in Isis. FREE ACCESS! #envhist #sts #conservation #primates www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

New #Speak4Nature article from the Rachel Carson Center: "The Inhuman Condition: Rethinking Anthropocentrism" by Jonatan Palmblad. @palmblad.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social #envhum #envjust

Although known today more for beaches than blazes, Cape Cod experienced severe wildfires in 1887 that—when remembered—draw attention to the region’s inherent flammability and need for fire-adaptive management. Read more in our latest Arcadia piece by Sam Gilvarg and Andrew Vander Yacht! #EnvHist

🎓🎉 I'm happy and proud (and ofc relieved) that I successfully defended my PhD thesis at the Rachel Carson Center (@carsoncenter.bsky.social) at the end of last week! #envhist #envhum #organicfarming

We are thrilled to announce that the ninth installment of our open-access online publication 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live. It offers a dialogue on human nature and the origins of environmental degradation, taking inspiration from tradition and Indigenous practices. springs-rcc.org #envhum #envhist

Join us tomorrow for Pilar's doctoral defense! Her research studies the life stories of women territorial defenders according to their self-identified ethnic-cultural background (Indigenous, Afro-Colombian, campesinas). #RCCEvents #envhum #anthropology #phddefense #colombia #research #politics