• Research Roundup #4

    Welcome to the fourth installment of Research Roundup, Seeing the Woods’ listing of recent publications in the environmental humanities by staff and fellows at the Rachel Carson Center. (For the previous installments, please click here.) It has been a busy and exciting few months for Carson Fellows and Alumni! Please use the following links to jump between the five sections.…

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  • Photo of the Week: Annka Liepold

    Kuta Beach, Bali, during “Trash Season.” On top of the regular daily trash left behind at the beaches, this is a phenomenon that occurs annually between the end of December and the end of February. Because of strong winds, plastic discarded in the ocean in Java is washed ashore on the beaches of Bali’s southwestern…

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  • The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From the Tree: “The Limits to Growth” through the Generations

    By Annka Liepold; published in conjuction with a lecture by Dennis Meadows, co-author of The Limits to Growth, an event co-sponsored by the RCC. Growing up, most people are told by their parents what they can do to make this planet better. I remember that my dad’s advice was a little more radical than the…

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