Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society
@carsoncenter.bsky.social
International center for environmental humanities research in Munich, Germany.
Website: https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
Portal: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/
Seeing the Woods: https://seeingthewoods.org/
Springs: https://springs-rcc.org/
Website: https://www.carsoncenter.uni-muenchen.de
Portal: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/
Seeing the Woods: https://seeingthewoods.org/
Springs: https://springs-rcc.org/
Pinned
We are excited to share that the newest issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 is now live! Three essays, a visual narrative, a short story, and an interview join forces to uncover missing pieces in our quest to understand human–environment interactions: springs-rcc.org
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
#publications #envhum #envhist #RCCSprings #issue8
New 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 #recording available now!
@milespowell.bsky.social’s “Fishing for #Sharks,” read by the author himself, dives into sportfishing practices, literature, biology, and ecology.
You can have a listen to the recording online: springs-rcc.org/fishing-for-...
@milespowell.bsky.social’s “Fishing for #Sharks,” read by the author himself, dives into sportfishing practices, literature, biology, and ecology.
You can have a listen to the recording online: springs-rcc.org/fishing-for-...
December 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
New 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 #recording available now!
@milespowell.bsky.social’s “Fishing for #Sharks,” read by the author himself, dives into sportfishing practices, literature, biology, and ecology.
You can have a listen to the recording online: springs-rcc.org/fishing-for-...
@milespowell.bsky.social’s “Fishing for #Sharks,” read by the author himself, dives into sportfishing practices, literature, biology, and ecology.
You can have a listen to the recording online: springs-rcc.org/fishing-for-...
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Join us! We are the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and we hope to expand our reach and representation in 2026. We consist of ssociations, networks, centers, institutions, publishers, and journals. Check out the page below to see our current members. #EnvHist
Members — ICEHO
www.iceho.org
December 22, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Join us! We are the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations and we hope to expand our reach and representation in 2026. We consist of ssociations, networks, centers, institutions, publishers, and journals. Check out the page below to see our current members. #EnvHist
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This month I feature @monicavasile.bsky.social, @carsoncenter.bsky.social, @jbquijada.bsky.social, @adeleperry.bsky.social, @winnipegfreepress.com, @theguardian.com, @johnubacon.bsky.social, and more!
#envhist
#envhist
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, is back with her picks for environmental history worth reading (and listening to) from November!
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#envhist
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#EnvHist Worth Reading: November 2025
Find marmots, sewage infrastructure, and animism in the latest list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
December 19, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This month I feature @monicavasile.bsky.social, @carsoncenter.bsky.social, @jbquijada.bsky.social, @adeleperry.bsky.social, @winnipegfreepress.com, @theguardian.com, @johnubacon.bsky.social, and more!
#envhist
#envhist
In this year’s last essay to the #planetaryhealth series on 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, author Natalia Rodriguez-Castañeda expands upon her doctoral work with an #exploration of two urban novel #ecosystems: Bogotá’s degraded peri-urban forested mountains and Copenhagen’s abandoned post-industrial site.
December 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
In this year’s last essay to the #planetaryhealth series on 𝘚𝘦𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴, author Natalia Rodriguez-Castañeda expands upon her doctoral work with an #exploration of two urban novel #ecosystems: Bogotá’s degraded peri-urban forested mountains and Copenhagen’s abandoned post-industrial site.
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ICEHO's Sandra Swart and Marco Armiero have co-written a fantastic conference report for ESEH 2025! With 550 #EnvHist scholars from around the world, the hometown of Carl Linnaeus became a site for thinking about the importance of the past like never before.
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
ESEH 2025: A Conference to Remember — ICEHO
The 2025 ESEH Conference in Uppsala, Sweden, was a huge success. Read ICEHO’s Sandra Swart’s and Marco Armiero’s summary.
www.iceho.org
December 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
ICEHO's Sandra Swart and Marco Armiero have co-written a fantastic conference report for ESEH 2025! With 550 #EnvHist scholars from around the world, the hometown of Carl Linnaeus became a site for thinking about the importance of the past like never before.
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
@wildpasts.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Nathan Kiel. Read about how land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.
@nathankiel.bsky.social #envhist #wisconsin #conservation
@nathankiel.bsky.social #envhist #wisconsin #conservation
State Natural Areas and the Evolution of Land Conservation in Twentieth-Century Wisconsin
Land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.
www.environmentandsociety.org
December 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Nathan Kiel. Read about how land conservation initiatives underwent rapid change in early twentieth-century Wisconsin, culminating in the protection of hundreds of local natural areas scattered across the state.
@nathankiel.bsky.social #envhist #wisconsin #conservation
@nathankiel.bsky.social #envhist #wisconsin #conservation
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with Eveline Dürr (Anthropology, LMU), who will present on “Ecotourism and #Indigeneity in #LatinAmerica: #Anthropological Perspectives.”
This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
December 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with Eveline Dürr (Anthropology, LMU), who will present on “Ecotourism and #Indigeneity in #LatinAmerica: #Anthropological Perspectives.”
Our director Christof Mauch has published an article in Spanish on Rachel Carson's 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. Now available for free. This article is a part of Speak4Nature, an EU-funded project on ecological justice comprised of us and partner institutions in Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
New #Speak4Nature essay by 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐜𝐡, director of the Rachel Carson Center. Originally published in 2024, this Spanish-language article tells the story of Rachel Carson's ground-breaking 1962 book. Read it here for free: www.fuhem.es/wp-content/u...
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
#EnvHist #EnvHum #EnvJust #RachelCarson
December 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Our director Christof Mauch has published an article in Spanish on Rachel Carson's 𝘚𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. Now available for free. This article is a part of Speak4Nature, an EU-funded project on ecological justice comprised of us and partner institutions in Spain, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, and Chile.
New 𝘈𝘳𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘢 article by Alina Marktanner! Learn about how tropical humidity necessitated a quest for rust-proof insect pins, determining which specimens could be preserved, which tools could be used, and ultimately what knowledge could be produced in the Dutch East Indies. #envhist #envhum #insects
Of Rust and Mold—The Insect Pin as a Token of Transimperial Cooperation
Tropical humidity necessitated a quest for rust-proof insect pins, determining which specimens could be preserved, which tools could be used, and ultimately what knowledge could be produced in the Dut...
www.environmentandsociety.org
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Interesting event organized by VIT-AP University in India. I will present on "Environmental Humanities at the Crossroads: A Constructive Critique." We #EnvHum scholars are critical almost by definition, but any critical theory must also (re-)investigate its own assumptions. This will be my attempt.
December 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Interesting event organized by VIT-AP University in India. I will present on "Environmental Humanities at the Crossroads: A Constructive Critique." We #EnvHum scholars are critical almost by definition, but any critical theory must also (re-)investigate its own assumptions. This will be my attempt.
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with Jochen Wolf (Evolutionary #Biology, LMU), who will present on “‘Patient #Biodiversity’: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Emergence and Loss of Biodiversity.”
This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
December 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with Jochen Wolf (Evolutionary #Biology, LMU), who will present on “‘Patient #Biodiversity’: An Evolutionary Perspective on the Emergence and Loss of Biodiversity.”
Tonight's second round of the Green Visions Film Series winter lineup is a screening of 𝘒𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵, followed by a discussion with the director and production manager of the documentary.
A cooperation of the RCC, DOK.fest München, and the Münchner Volkshochschule.
A cooperation of the RCC, DOK.fest München, and the Münchner Volkshochschule.
December 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Tonight's second round of the Green Visions Film Series winter lineup is a screening of 𝘒𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘒𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘒𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘵, followed by a discussion with the director and production manager of the documentary.
A cooperation of the RCC, DOK.fest München, and the Münchner Volkshochschule.
A cooperation of the RCC, DOK.fest München, and the Münchner Volkshochschule.
This Tuesday, Alexis Katechakis, board member of the German UN Ocean Decade Committee and team member of the NGO Aegean Rebreath, will introduce us to the UN Ocean Decade.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
December 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This Tuesday, Alexis Katechakis, board member of the German UN Ocean Decade Committee and team member of the NGO Aegean Rebreath, will introduce us to the UN Ocean Decade.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
New book co-edited by former Carson Fellow Elia Apostolopoulou!
📘 New #OpenAccess book edited by Elia Apostolopoulou, Han Cheng, Jonathan Silver, and Alan Wiig:
"The Material #Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative" examines infrastructures and political ecologies on the #NewSilkRoad, analyzing the impacts of this project.
🔗 bit.ly/4Umr
#China #EnvHist
"The Material #Geographies of the Belt and Road Initiative" examines infrastructures and political ecologies on the #NewSilkRoad, analyzing the impacts of this project.
🔗 bit.ly/4Umr
#China #EnvHist
December 8, 2025 at 12:37 PM
New book co-edited by former Carson Fellow Elia Apostolopoulou!
New Speak4Nature publication by our Project Coordinator!
I just published an #envhum essay in Spanish on "Instrumentality and ecological personality." An ecological self understanding, I suggest, reveals that instrumental value is not a problem in itself, but becomes one when technology and modern society turn our use values into "abuse values." ... (1/4)
December 5, 2025 at 9:39 PM
New Speak4Nature publication by our Project Coordinator!
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New Speak4Nature publication! This article is a collaboration between two of our member institutions, as it is written by Jonatan Palmblad of the Rachel Carson Center and published by FUHEM.
@fuhem.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social #envhum #envjust #envphil
@fuhem.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social #envhum #envjust #envphil
December 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New Speak4Nature publication! This article is a collaboration between two of our member institutions, as it is written by Jonatan Palmblad of the Rachel Carson Center and published by FUHEM.
@fuhem.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social #envhum #envjust #envphil
@fuhem.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @palmblad.bsky.social #envhum #envjust #envphil
Today, we would like to highlight the #shortstory “Step Away” by cultural-studies scholar Kata Beilin from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
A scholar’s #Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the #forest.
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A scholar’s #Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the #forest.
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December 4, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Today, we would like to highlight the #shortstory “Step Away” by cultural-studies scholar Kata Beilin from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
A scholar’s #Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the #forest.
(1/3)
A scholar’s #Amazonian journey awakens her from ambition’s illusion to the deeper truth of the interbeing in the #forest.
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Last weekend, we offered the workshop "Sustainability and Law: An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management" in Munich, as a collaboration between the University of Eastern Piedmont, LMU Munich, and the Rachel Carson Center!
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Last weekend, we offered the workshop "Sustainability and Law: An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management" in Munich, as a collaboration between the University of Eastern Piedmont, LMU Munich, and the Rachel Carson Center!
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
We have a fascinating #workshop, centered on “Paranoid Versus Reparative #Reading,” with @demil-ecologies.bsky.social and Nico Edwards scheduled for Monday, 8 December. An evening #lecture by Dr. Darcy Alexandra (Uni Bern) will respond to the workshop.
Please note that both events are online only.
Please note that both events are online only.
December 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We have a fascinating #workshop, centered on “Paranoid Versus Reparative #Reading,” with @demil-ecologies.bsky.social and Nico Edwards scheduled for Monday, 8 December. An evening #lecture by Dr. Darcy Alexandra (Uni Bern) will respond to the workshop.
Please note that both events are online only.
Please note that both events are online only.
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with
Markus Vogt (Catholic Theology, LMU), who will present on “Hope Beyond Optimism: #Christian Imagining of the Future in the Time of #EcologicalCrises.”
Markus Vogt (Catholic Theology, LMU), who will present on “Hope Beyond Optimism: #Christian Imagining of the Future in the Time of #EcologicalCrises.”
This semester’s #LunchtimeColloquia are centered around “Thinking, Imagining, Building #FutureEnvironments.”
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
This interdisciplinary lecture series presents a range of topics related to human-environment relationships and consists of lectures by faculty from various disciplines.
December 3, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This week’s #LunchtimeColloquium is with
Markus Vogt (Catholic Theology, LMU), who will present on “Hope Beyond Optimism: #Christian Imagining of the Future in the Time of #EcologicalCrises.”
Markus Vogt (Catholic Theology, LMU), who will present on “Hope Beyond Optimism: #Christian Imagining of the Future in the Time of #EcologicalCrises.”
Today, we would like to highlight “Puppets at the Hands of Water: Sex Workers in Mongla, #Bangladesh” by #genderstudies scholar @amritadasgupta.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Today, we would like to highlight “Puppets at the Hands of Water: Sex Workers in Mongla, #Bangladesh” by #genderstudies scholar @amritadasgupta.bsky.social from the recently-published eighth issue of 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
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Will the next World Congress of #EnvHist take place in your country? We are members of ICEHO and are curious to see where the 2029 congress will bring us.
Please help us spread the call for proposals for the 2029 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲. So far the congress has taken place in Denmark, Portugal, Brazil, and Finland. Where in the world will we meet next time?
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
#envhist @aseh.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social
Call for Proposals for the 2029 World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO
ICEHO invites bids for the next World Congress of Environmental History.
www.iceho.org
December 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Will the next World Congress of #EnvHist take place in your country? We are members of ICEHO and are curious to see where the 2029 congress will bring us.
This Tuesday, Thomas Schiffelmann of the Science & Research Hub of ECOnGOOD will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion.
The ECOnGOOD Science and Research Hub is a collaborative and co-creative community within the broader ECOnGOOD movement.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
The ECOnGOOD Science and Research Hub is a collaborative and co-creative community within the broader ECOnGOOD movement.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
December 1, 2025 at 10:42 AM
This Tuesday, Thomas Schiffelmann of the Science & Research Hub of ECOnGOOD will join us for the #TuesdayDiscussion.
The ECOnGOOD Science and Research Hub is a collaborative and co-creative community within the broader ECOnGOOD movement.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
The ECOnGOOD Science and Research Hub is a collaborative and co-creative community within the broader ECOnGOOD movement.
The Tuesday Discussions are free and open to the public.
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November 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
From last week's workshop on Sustainability and Law! Follow @speak4nature.bsky.social for more of our work on ecological justice. #EnvHum #EnvJust #EnvLaw
Last weekend, we offered the workshop "Sustainability and Law: An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management" in Munich, as a collaboration between the University of Eastern Piedmont, LMU Munich, and the Rachel Carson Center!
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
#envhum #envjust
@carsoncenter.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
From last week's workshop on Sustainability and Law! Follow @speak4nature.bsky.social for more of our work on ecological justice. #EnvHum #EnvJust #EnvLaw