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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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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 …

Why science communication needs more storytelling

by Emma Frances Bloomfield, author of Science v Story: Narrative Strategies for Science Communicators. In 1999, Climate Research Unit (CRU) director Phil Jones sent an email briefly summarizing his process for combining …

Darwin Day

UC Press, the publisher of the National Association of Biology Teachers’ (NABT) The American Biology Teacher, is pleased to honor Darwin Day by sharing the latest issue of ABT—an annual Darwin and Evolution special issue.

Case Studies in Environmental Geography: A CSE Special Collection

A virtual special issue from Case Studies in the Environment for #AAG2024

A Q&A with Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene Ocean Science EIC Jody Deming

Elementa is the right home for this type of research because we make a special effort to accommodate work that is, by necessity and intent, highly interdisciplinary, including work at the interface of various practices, from science to education and policy.

A Q&A with Case Studies in the Environment Associate Editor Jordan Howell

“the ‘real world’ where sustainability decisions live is not that clear cut, and good case studies identify the conflicts and compromises inherent to any decision about a course of action relating to a sustainability issue”

Excerpt from Daniel Jaffee’s Unbottled: The Fight against Plastic Water and for Water Justice

Daniel Jaffee’s UNBOTTLED looks at the impact of bottled water on social justice and sustainability, and the diverse movements challenging its continued growth.

A Q&A with Case Studies in the Environment Associate Editor Laura Stroup

“Case studies form an integral part of my classroom teaching… I am both a heavy user in my teaching and also look forward to editing and working with authors on their case studies.”