In this virtual exhibition, historian Donald Worster explains how human relations with …
In this virtual exhibition, historian Donald Worster explains how human relations with other animals, wild and domestic, are at the core of a majority of epidemics. In the face of the current coronavirus crisis, he argues that an exclusive focus on human life and economy will keep neither the planet nor ourselves healthy. We must decide “whether we humans can or want to restore and protect the health, not just of ourselves, but also of the planet.”
Making more beer for eighteenth-century London’s growing population increased the need for …
Making more beer for eighteenth-century London’s growing population increased the need for clean water. Efforts to guarantee supplies to the brewers had an effect on both urban and rural landscapes.
On 25 January 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued …
On 25 January 1421, the newly elected mayor of Coventry, England issued a proclamation that gives us insights into medieval urban sanitation concerns and their regulation in the later medieval period.
In this exhibition, we invite visitors to consider the historical relationship of …
In this exhibition, we invite visitors to consider the historical relationship of “water crises” of various kinds to the development of urban water systems, through the experience of the driest inhabited continent on earth, Australia. We have chosen a range of different departures from water-related business as usual—from shortage to flood, pollution to drainage—in the five mainland Australian state capitals from the late nineteenth century to the present. The part of this exhibition devoted to each city focuses thematically on just one or two kinds of crisis, while the timeline covers a wider range of events in each place.
Everything is waste. Irrespective of their value, all materials and living things …
Everything is waste. Irrespective of their value, all materials and living things eventually become obsolete. At the same time, waste is life. Formerly discarded objects come to second life through reuse or recycling. Waste is one of the most complex, contested, and charged objects we humans deal with in our daily lives. The objects, texts, videos, and podcasts in this collection display the life of waste in six chapters. Historian Simone M. Müller shows how humans produce, move, and conceive of waste. Get to know the power of waste, and learn about the different mechanisms that we have found to cope with the trash in our lives.
Detailing the converging human and geological histories of Glacier National Park, US, …
Detailing the converging human and geological histories of Glacier National Park, US, this article traces the demise of the park's primary attraction, the glaciers.
During the 1970s, anti-nuclear activists in the Upper Rhine Valley worked together …
During the 1970s, anti-nuclear activists in the Upper Rhine Valley worked together to oppose a series of reactor projects planned for their region. Their daring actions drew attention to this rural borderland, spread awareness of the dangers of nuclear energy, and thus furthered the development of national anti-nuclear movements.
Cindy Ermus argues that the Plague of Provence represents one of the …
Cindy Ermus argues that the Plague of Provence represents one of the earliest and most pronounced instances of a rigorous, centralized response to disaster.
This virtual exhibition presents the global reception and impact of Rachel Carson’s …
This virtual exhibition presents the global reception and impact of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring as well as the book’s legacy in popular culture, music, literature, and the arts.
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the …
The creation of Kouchibouguac National Park along Canada’s Atlantic coast in the province of New Brunswick came at the cost of removing 1,200 residents from their lands.
Striving to create a “South African Eden,” the Kruger National Park was …
Striving to create a “South African Eden,” the Kruger National Park was established in 1926 under the leadership of Warden James Stevenson-Hamilton. Since this time, the park has developed into one of the greatest and most renowned game reserves in the world.
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