This working paper was produced in early 2020 to start a conversation about how academic historians can help to address the climate and biodiversity crises in their professional practice. Working paper on…
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Going Forward by Looking Back: Archaeological Perspectives on Socio-Ecological Crisis, Response, and Collapse Felix Riede and Payson Sheets have edited an important new volume on past calamities and what they may tell…
Climate change and the ecological destruction of Amazonia put in check the mankind’s future. It’s a worldwide tragedy. See the new book “The Future of Amazonia in Brazil; A Worldwide Tragedy”, published…
We live in an age characterized by increasing environmental, social, economic, and political uncertainty. Human societies face significant challenges ranging from climate change to food security, biodiversity declines and extinction, and political…
Enduring Impacts: Archaeology of Sustainability We are happy to annouced an ‘IHOPE’ inspired funding call from National Geographic, The Request for Proposal focuses on the gathering and analysis of archaeological, paleoenvironmental, and…
The formation of BRIDGES as an international coalition is now proposed as a means to support and strengthen the sustainability science domain as it has developed over the past two decades. Following…
7 of may WITH CLIMATE ACTION STALLING, people are now facing the prospect of having to adapt to major environmental change. Join us for an interdisciplinary discussion on the adaptability of local…
The music EP “Sånger från Ängersjö” (Songs from Ängersjö) consists of five tracks composed and recorded by the jazz musician Maria Kvist. The record is the first deliverable from the research communication…
Many of today’s cities are not sited or planned for the long-term. The laboratory of the past is where durable urban forms can be identified, the importance of their supporting regions examined,…
Interlacing varied approaches within Historical Ecology, this volume offers new routes to researching and understanding human–environmental interactions and the heterarchical power relations that shape both socioecological change and resilience over time. The…