Environmental Studies

Climate-Smart Intervention Takes Top 2023 Case Studies in the Environment Prize

The winning case study from the 2023 competition, “Building Resilience in Jamaica’s Farming Communities: Insights From a Climate-Smart Intervention,” from The University of the West Indies’ Donovan Campbell and Shaneica Lester, demonstrates that while climate change poses immense threats to the environment and to human livelihoods, adaptation also provides opportunities to strengthen a community.

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Q&A with Walter J. Nicholls, Series Editor of IJURR

The IJURR Book Series has established itself as a cornerstone in the field of global urban studies, pushing the boundaries of critical, interdisciplinary, and theory-driven urban research across the globe. Entering a …

Q&A with Aaron Eddens, author of Seeding Empire

In Seeding Empire, Aaron Eddens rewrites an enduring story about the past—and future—of global agriculture. Eddens connects today’s efforts to cultivate a “Green Revolution in Africa” to a history of American projects …

How to Unmake the Bomb

By Shannon Cram, author of Unmaking the Bomb: Environmental Cleanup and the Politics of Impossibility “A powerfully researched and important look at the ravages of nuclear waste remediation.”—​One of the Best Indie …

The urban resource frontiers that sustain city life

By Kristian Karlo Saguin, author of Urban Ecologies on the Edge: Making Manila’s Resource Frontier Cities around the world are learning to live with the challenges of increasing urban ecological precarity. In …

How to do Bolder, Better Community-Engaged Environmental Justice Research

By Michael Mascarenhas, author of Toxic Water, Toxic System: Environmental Racism and Michigan’s Water War My new book, Toxic Water, Toxic System is not just the story of how the state failed …

How federal tax dollars meant to fight climate change could end up boosting Louisiana’s fossil fuel production

By Ned Randolph, author of Muddy Thinking in the Mississippi River Delta: A Call for Reclamation This post was originally published on The Conversation, and is reposted here with permission. Billions of …

Q&A with Jade Sasser, author of Climate Anxiety and the Kid Question

Eco-anxiety. Climate guilt. Pre-traumatic stress disorder. Solastalgia. The study of environmental emotions and related mental health impacts is a rapidly growing field, but most researchers overlook a closely related concern: reproductive anxiety. …

Editor Spotlight: meet our Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, Naja Pulliam Collins

As part of our ongoing Editor Spotlight Series, we connected with UC Press Associate Editor Naja Pulliam Collins to talk about her role as the new Environmental Studies and Geography Editor, what kinds …