Category: Center Activities
Snapshot: Public Recycling in Versailles
Research Associate Susanne Darabas dividing waste into public recycling bins in Versailles, during a visit to the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) conference 2015. Photograph: Stephanie Hood.
Snapshot: Farmers’ Protest in Munich
By Katharina Müller Around 3,000 despairing farmers rally at Munich’s Odeonsplatz against the milk price drop. A farmer needs at least 40 cents per liter in order to operate sustainably, receiving an average of 26 cents: this threatens the existence of around 80,000 farms in Germany. The German Association of… Continue Reading “Snapshot: Farmers’ Protest in Munich”
Snapshot: RCC Celebrates New Funding Phase
By Stephanie Hood Last week, staff, students, and Fellows at the Rachel Carson Center celebrated the center receiving grant approval for its second funding phase, which begins today and is to last six years.
Student Project: The Birth of Geoengineering
by Martin Meiske Congratulations to RCC doctoral program member Martin Meiske, who received the prize for the best poster at the 2015 ESEH conference in Versailles. In his poster he presented his dissertation project on “The Birth of Geoengineering: Large-scale Engineering Projects in the Early… Continue Reading “Student Project: The Birth of Geoengineering”
Snapshot: Animals in Transdisciplinary Environmental History Summer School, Estonia
By Robert Emmett I took this photograph of one of our Environmental Studies Certificate Program students, Julie Weissmann, walking at the head of the group of participants in the Animals in Transdisciplinary Environmental History summer school near Haapsalu, Estonia. Biosemiotician Kalevi Kull had just described the mixture… Continue Reading “Snapshot: Animals in Transdisciplinary Environmental History Summer School, Estonia”
Snapshot: European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference, Versailles 2015
Some snapshots of our time at the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) conference in Versailles, 30 June–3 July 2015. It was the hottest July in the region since 1947, which provided quite the environmental topic for conversation! Thanks to the organizers and to all of you who… Continue Reading “Snapshot: European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) Conference, Versailles 2015”
Snapshot: ESEH Preparation!
RCC Editors Stephanie Hood and Marielle Dado, and Research Associate Susanne Darabas have been preparing for the European Society for Environmental History (ESEH) 2015 conference in Versailles! Come and visit us at our book table, where we will be showcasing our Perspectives journal including a brand new volume, “The Imagination… Continue Reading “Snapshot: ESEH Preparation!”
Place-based Workshop 2015—Environmental Studies in the Benediktbeuern Klosterland
by Robert Emmett Last year several students and I blogged about the first place-based workshop with the Environmental Studies Certificate Program. This year we built upon our 2014 experiences at Osterseen.
Videos: Lunchtime Colloquia, Winter Semester 2014/15
Carson Fellows and guests gave some more great talks in our lunchtime colloquium series last semester! Check out the winter semester 2014/15 videos on our YouTube channel. Harriet Ritvo (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) presents on “At the Edge of the Wild”
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