All posts tagged Environmental History

Snipers using water wheels - John Miszzak operates a water wheel outfit, Quesnel River, B.C. Source: Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys / Library and Archives Canada / PA-015383

#EnvHist Worth Reading: April 2017

18 May 2017 / 2 Comments

Every month I carefully track the most popular and significant environmental history articles, videos, audio, and other items making their way through the online environmental history (#envhist) community. You can […]

Norwegian Postcard "F-1516-3 Tromsø. Byen hvor isbjørnen "vandrer" i gatene." Source: Flicker Commons, Nasjonalbiblioteket / National Library of Norway

#EnvHist Worth Reading: March 2017

21 Apr 2017 / 1 Comment

Grove Lime & Coal Co., Library of Congress, LC-F82-10056-PP

Call for Proposals: The Material Realities of Energy Histories

10 Apr 2017 / No Comments

The Material Realities of Energy Histories A Call for Proposals for a Special Issue of the Canadian Journal of History/Annales canadiennes d’histoire (CJH/ACH) The appropriation and control of the flow […]

"Image from page 242 of "Domesticated animals and plants; a brief treatise upon the origin and development of domesticated races, with special reference to the methods of improvement" (1910)" Source: Flicker Commons

#EnvHist Worth Reading: February 2017

15 Mar 2017 / 1 Comment

Pioneer Cabin Tree. Source: Tom Purcell, Flickr Commons

#EnvHist Worth Reading: January 2017

08 Feb 2017 / 2 Comments

Grain elevator in Cadillac, SK. No longer a registered delivery point.
source: Off the Beaten Path – with Chris & Connie – BIGDoer.com http://www.bigdoer.com/15824/exploring-history/prairie-sentinels-cadillac-saskatchewan/

Raising Cattle, Losing People: Tracking soil nitrogen in Wise Creek, Saskatchewan

13 Jan 2017 / 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series showing the work of the Sustainable Farm Systems project. Southwestern Saskatchewan is an isolated area where the low population density makes it easy […]

Source: Black Hour (Flicker Commons); "The people want environmental justice: The second annual "Love Yo Mama" celebration in East Oakland put environmental justice back into Earth Day (April 2010)

#EnvHist Worth Reading: December 2016

12 Jan 2017 / 2 Comments

Costa Rican coffee labourers; shade-grown coffee (ca.1950s)
source: Album Manuel Chacón Hidalgo

Coffee Modernization: The Green Revolution and Market Regulation in Costa Rica (1950-1980)

09 Dec 2016 / No Comments

Editor’s Note: This is part of a series showing the work of the Sustainable Farm Systems project. After oil, coffee is the second most valuable legal commodity in the world.[1] […]

Busting Ghosts: Building an HGIS to Reveal Historical Mine Waste Producers and Develop Strategies to Mitigate Future Risk

05 Dec 2016 / 1 Comment

Editor’s Note: This post is the fifth in the “Seeds: New Research in Environmental History” series cosponsored by NiCHE and Edge Effects, highlighting the work of members of the American Society for Environmental History […]