Exploring Environmental History

Ever since Lynn White’s 1967 essay on “The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis”, it is common to read in many public... Read more

Solutions to environmental issues such as climate change, toxic waste, deforestation and species extinction, have been m... Read more

By the end of the nineteenth century, Scotland's woodlands were reduced to about six per cent of land cover. Over the co... Read more

In this episode Professor emeritus in history Christian Pfister, Fellow of the Oeschger Centre of Climate Research at th... Read more

In recent decades the interest in renewable energy from sources such as wind, solar and tidal power has steadily increas... Read more

When thinking of national parks most people think of famous examples like Yellow Stone and Yosemite in the United States... Read more

2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s book “Silent Spring”. This publication is often re... Read more

Since the early days of the Space Age spent rocket stages, decommissioned satellites, and rubbish of all kinds have cont... Read more

What are the most important events in the collective environmental memory of humanity? In the spring of 2013 a group of ... Read more

On 27 September 2013 the The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its highly anticipated summary f... Read more

The guest on this episode of the podcast is William Beinart, Rhodes Professor of race relations and director the African... Read more

While the origins of forestry in the United States have been the topic of sustained interest amongst environmental and f... Read more

Under the Peak District of Derbyshire is an subterranean network of drainage tunnels, the so-called soughs that were use... Read more

In the modern urbanized world it is often forgotten that throughout history humans have been very dependent on animals f... Read more

For centuries, the Dutch have fought against their arch-enemy: water. But, during the Dutch War of Independence in the 1... Read more

On 14 and 15 November 2013, the 44th symposium of the Australian Academy of the Humanities was held at the University of... Read more

Who is responsible for global warming? That is a question that has dominated recent climate negotiations, most notably t... Read more

The term sustainability and phrase sustainable development were popularised with the publication of Our Common Future, a... Read more

In the mid-19th century the first potato starch and strawboard factories were established in the Groningen Peat Colonies... Read more

For many historical climatologists cold, wet and stormy weather worsened life for most European people and harmed the ec... Read more