Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
#EnvHist & #Parks Historian. NiCHE Editor-in-Chief. Chacruna Institute Managing Editor. SHFS President. SURJ YXE. Social Media. Editor. Writer. Consultant. Mischief. Organizer. Mom. Cook. Queer. Femme. #YXE. She/Her.
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Weak US coverage of #COP30 is troubling:
-Scant criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to skip
-No acknowledgement of fossil fuel lobby corruption of the UNFCCC
-Little coverage of the Indigenous & Youth protests pushing their way into the negotiation hall
apnews.com/video/demons...
-Scant criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to skip
-No acknowledgement of fossil fuel lobby corruption of the UNFCCC
-Little coverage of the Indigenous & Youth protests pushing their way into the negotiation hall
apnews.com/video/demons...
Demonstration at COP30 highlights impact of industrial farming
Demonstrators gathered on a roundabout at the COP30 venue in Belem, Brazil, calling the UNFCCC to keep the lobbyists from big agribusiness out of the UNFCCC.
apnews.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Weak US coverage of #COP30 is troubling:
-Scant criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to skip
-No acknowledgement of fossil fuel lobby corruption of the UNFCCC
-Little coverage of the Indigenous & Youth protests pushing their way into the negotiation hall
apnews.com/video/demons...
-Scant criticism of the Trump administration’s decision to skip
-No acknowledgement of fossil fuel lobby corruption of the UNFCCC
-Little coverage of the Indigenous & Youth protests pushing their way into the negotiation hall
apnews.com/video/demons...
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This conversation was based on "'the stories come alive in it': Renewing lakotowakən in the Waponahki homelands" by Brooks and @rmbryant.bsky.social, which you can read here: niche-canada.org/2025/06/30/t...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty #reconciliation
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty #reconciliation
“the stories come alive in it”: Renewing lakotowakən in the Waponahki homelands
The Wolastoqewi Elder and traditional artist Gina Brooks invited the literary scholar Rachel Bryant to make paper from a lichen commonly known as old man’s beard. Gina wanted the paper to line the lid...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This conversation was based on "'the stories come alive in it': Renewing lakotowakən in the Waponahki homelands" by Brooks and @rmbryant.bsky.social, which you can read here: niche-canada.org/2025/06/30/t...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty #reconciliation
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty #reconciliation
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November 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Season Six of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social kicked off with a conversation with @rmbryant.bsky.social and Gina Brooks!
The conversation is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake4...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty
The conversation is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake4...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty
NiCHE Conversations 6.1: A 19th Century Waponahki Basket & Env. Memory w/ G. Brooks & R. Bryant
YouTube video by Network in Canadian History & Environment - NiCHE
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November 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Season Six of NiCHE Conversations with @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social kicked off with a conversation with @rmbryant.bsky.social and Gina Brooks!
The conversation is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake4...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty
The conversation is now available on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ake4...
#envhist #envhum #indigenous #treaty
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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What should we do with our Conference and Workshop archive? Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, and editor, @maryeb.bsky.social plan to tackle it next.
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We need your help, though! Send us your ideas and/or your money.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
What should we do with our Conference and Workshop archive? Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, and editor, @maryeb.bsky.social plan to tackle it next.
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We need your help, though! Send us your ideas and/or your money.
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niche-canada.org/resources/
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#envhist #cdnhist #envhum
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We need your help, though! Send us your ideas and/or your money.
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niche-canada.org/resources/
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#envhist #cdnhist #envhum
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, provides a rundown of the Project Page opportunities at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)! November is our fundraising month. Support environmental scholarship!
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November 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Our editor-in-chief, @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social, provides a rundown of the Project Page opportunities at the Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)! November is our fundraising month. Support environmental scholarship!
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niche-canada.org/research/
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#envhist #envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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2025 Reading Challenge: 56/50
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Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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Review on StoryGraph
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #littlebluetruck
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Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #littlebluetruck
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
2025 Reading Challenge: 56/50
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Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #littlebluetruck
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Time for School, Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021.
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #littlebluetruck
2025 Reading Challenge: 55/50
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Pinkalicious and the Pinkadorable Pony by Victoria Kann
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Review on StoryGraph
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HarperCollins, 2020
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #pinkalicious
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Pinkalicious and the Pinkadorable Pony by Victoria Kann
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⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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HarperCollins, 2020
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #pinkalicious
November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
2025 Reading Challenge: 55/50
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Pinkalicious and the Pinkadorable Pony by Victoria Kann
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⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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HarperCollins, 2020
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #pinkalicious
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Pinkalicious and the Pinkadorable Pony by Victoria Kann
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⭐️⭐️
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Review on StoryGraph
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HarperCollins, 2020
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#wearereading #book #booksky #librarybook #childrensliterature #pinkalicious
Recipe #2 This Week: Ultra-Creamy Mashed Potatoes
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Rating: Excellent
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Recipe by Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit
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epicurious.com/recipes/food...
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #recipe #food #foodsky #mashedpotatoes
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Rating: Excellent
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Recipe by Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #recipe #food #foodsky #mashedpotatoes
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Recipe #2 This Week: Ultra-Creamy Mashed Potatoes
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Rating: Excellent
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Recipe by Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit
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epicurious.com/recipes/food...
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #recipe #food #foodsky #mashedpotatoes
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Rating: Excellent
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Recipe by Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit
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epicurious.com/recipes/food...
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#cookingwithdewitt #cooking #recipe #food #foodsky #mashedpotatoes
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Thank you! I'm very excited to be sharing this research publicly. Those are some crazy numbers and better than I expected. As Ben said, I will also be presenting a talk on some expansions to this research Nov. 8 at the CSTHA conference.
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Thank you! I'm very excited to be sharing this research publicly. Those are some crazy numbers and better than I expected. As Ben said, I will also be presenting a talk on some expansions to this research Nov. 8 at the CSTHA conference.
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Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
November 8, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Just remembering that Dick Cheney secretly intervened in a dispute over the Klamath River in 2001--and caused the biggest fish die-off in US history, with ~77,000 fully grown adult salmon piled on the banks of the river.
Reposted by Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I havent read such a banger of an essay in a very long time. This is so well-written!
Recipe #1 This Week: Classic Pumpkin Pie with “Our Favorite Pie Crust”
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Rating: Excellent
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Pie Recipe by The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Crust Recipe by Rhoda Boone, Epicurious
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#cookingwithdewitt #recipe #baking #food #foodsky #pumpkinpie #pie #dessert
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Rating: Excellent
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Pie Recipe by The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Crust Recipe by Rhoda Boone, Epicurious
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#cookingwithdewitt #recipe #baking #food #foodsky #pumpkinpie #pie #dessert
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Recipe #1 This Week: Classic Pumpkin Pie with “Our Favorite Pie Crust”
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Rating: Excellent
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Pie Recipe by The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Crust Recipe by Rhoda Boone, Epicurious
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#cookingwithdewitt #recipe #baking #food #foodsky #pumpkinpie #pie #dessert
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Rating: Excellent
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Pie Recipe by The Gourmet Test Kitchen
Crust Recipe by Rhoda Boone, Epicurious
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#cookingwithdewitt #recipe #baking #food #foodsky #pumpkinpie #pie #dessert
Happy to announce that I am joining the the Environmental Humanities journal editorial team as an Associate Editor.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Happy to announce that I am joining the the Environmental Humanities journal editorial team as an Associate Editor.
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
read.dukeupress.edu/environmenta...
#envhum #envhist
Last month I featured @calocitta.bsky.social, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, and more!
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
This autumn has been ROUGH for parenting/work balance, and thus, I'm just sitting down to promote my @nichecanada.bsky.social #EnvHist worth reading list for September! New list out next Friday.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
#EnvHist Worth Reading: September 2025
Find historical ecology, a chicken tax, and living rivers in the September list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Last month I featured @calocitta.bsky.social, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social, and more!
#envhist #envhum
#envhist #envhum
This autumn has been ROUGH for parenting/work balance, and thus, I'm just sitting down to promote my @nichecanada.bsky.social #EnvHist worth reading list for September! New list out next Friday.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
#EnvHist Worth Reading: September 2025
Find historical ecology, a chicken tax, and living rivers in the September list of environmental history worth reading from Jessica DeWitt.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
This autumn has been ROUGH for parenting/work balance, and thus, I'm just sitting down to promote my @nichecanada.bsky.social #EnvHist worth reading list for September! New list out next Friday.
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
niche-canada.org/2025/10/11/e...
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As of today I will serve as Associate Editor for the 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 journal together with Jessica DeWitt, Giulia Champion & Jonny Turnbull. Having followed EH since its early days, this is a great honor!
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social #envhum
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social #envhum
November 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
As of today I will serve as Associate Editor for the 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 journal together with Jessica DeWitt, Giulia Champion & Jonny Turnbull. Having followed EH since its early days, this is a great honor!
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social #envhum
@jessicamdewitt.bsky.social @giuliachampion.bsky.social @jonnyjjt.bsky.social #envhum
-> @mfeagan.bsky.social mentioned his 2020 @nichecanada.bsky.social article in a comment on a video game YouTube video and it has been read 2,000+ times in the past month.
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
New Comment:
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees
Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
-> @mfeagan.bsky.social mentioned his 2020 @nichecanada.bsky.social article in a comment on a video game YouTube video and it has been read 2,000+ times in the past month.
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
Don't underestimate the potential of bringing up your work in non-academic spaces!
#envhist #academia
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Help NiCHE Write the Next Chapter of Environmental History: 2025 Campaign
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November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Appreciate the work we do to get environmental history and humanities into public spaces? Help us continue to do this work by supporting our November fundraising campaign!
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New Comment:
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
Electric Trees: The Constructed Nature of Utility Poles and Street Trees
Telephone poles and street trees overlapped in nineteenth-century cities, contested between aesthetics, technology, and regulation, blurring natural and built environments.
niche-canada.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New Comment:
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
"Based on our website stats, quite a few! Glad that you enjoyed Michael’s research, Miqual." - @jessicamdewitt.bsky.social
niche-canada.org/2020/07/16/e...
#envhist #energyhistory #urbanhistory
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This is the stuff I’m here for
Today, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'"
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
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#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
Finding Environmental History in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad immortalized the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, linking Great Lakes industry, Indigenous history, environmental change, and enduring cultural memory.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This is the stuff I’m here for
Reposted by Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
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November 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Do you enjoy the effort our editors and contributors make to contextualize current events with #envhist?
Consider sending $20 to our fundraising campaign to help us keep doing this work: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
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#envhum #cdnhist #histgeog
Reposted by Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt
Today, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'"
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
Finding Environmental History in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald"
Gordon Lightfoot’s 1976 ballad immortalized the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck, linking Great Lakes industry, Indigenous history, environmental change, and enduring cultural memory.
niche-canada.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Today, @danielmacfarlane.bsky.social on "Finding Environmental History in 'The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.'"
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank on November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior.
niche-canada.org/2025/11/07/f...
#envhist #musichistory #greatlakes #envhum