Our Mission & Our History
Seeing the Woods was created in 2012 by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment and Society (RCC) as a venue for our fellows and staff to contribute meaningful dialogue to ongoing discussions about the environmental humanities. Our mission here at Seeing the Woods is to demonstrate the relevance and importance of humanistic, historical, and social science perspectives in conversations about today’s environmental challenges. Our “ecopedia” is a repository for ideas, commentaries, and creative endeavors in search of the big-picture perspective.
After a three-year hiatus, Seeing the Woods was relaunched in the spring of 2024 and restructured around three thematic categories: Explorations, Imaginings, and Field Notes. As environmental issues impact each of us, it is our hope to elevate works of creative nonfiction that bridge the divide between the academic and the personal, works that share experiences we could all benefit from hearing. Much like in 2012, we intend for Seeing the Woods to serve as a resource and forum for those invested in and curious about humanistic and historical approaches to the environment. Utilizing our new structure, our mission to connect scholarship with public discourse continues.
The current Editorial team includes:
- Haley Snyder – Managing editor of Seeing the Woods
- Pauline Kargruber – Senior editor at the Rachel Carson Center
