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New Books in Environmental Studies

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Stephen Harris
Professor and Drus Curator of Oxford University Herbaria
University of Oxford
Episode: Stephen A. Harris, "50 Plants That Changed the World" (Bodleian Library, 2025)
Spike Bucklow
Professor and author focusing on art, material culture, and ecology
Reaktion Books
Episode: Spike Bucklow, "The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac" (Reaktion Books, 2025)
Rick Tumlinson
An early member of the L5 Society and space advocate.
Episode: The High Frontier: Gerard O’Neill’s Space Utopia
Mary-Jane Rubenstein
Professor of Religion and Science in Society at Wesleyan University and author of Astrotopia.
Wesleyan University
Episode: The High Frontier: Gerard O’Neill’s Space Utopia
Devika Shankar
Professor of history specializing in modern South Asia and the Indian Ocean region, with research interests in environmental history and economic history.
Episode: Devika Shankar, "An Encroaching Sea: Nature, Sovereignty and Development at the Edge of British India, 1860-1950" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Dr. Jessica Urwin
Environmental historian with a focus on Australia's nuclear history
University of Washington Press
Episode: Jessica Urwin, "Contaminated Country: Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia" (U of Washington Press, 2025)
Sir Douglas Mawson
An important Antarctic explorer and geologist
University of Adelaide
Episode: Jessica Urwin, "Contaminated Country: Nuclear Colonialism and Aboriginal Resistance in Australia" (U of Washington Press, 2025)
Joanne Yao
Author and Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Episode: Joanne Yao, "The Ideal River: How Control of Nature Shaped the International Order" (Manchester UP, 2022)
Bénédicte Meillon
Professeure des Universités at the Université d'Angers and president of EASLC
Université d'Angers
Episode: Bénédicte Meillon, "Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth" (Bloomsbury, 2022)

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Marshall Poe
Founder and editor, with a strong emphasis on environmental literature and podcasting.

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 68 ratings
  • Great series

    As an environmental social scientist, this series is a great way to keep up with the literature. A lot of coverage of the more critical theoretical side of the field, but that reflects monograph publishing.

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Stephen A. Harris, "50 Plants That Changed the World" (Bodleian Library, 2025)
Q: Were there any plants in particular that were maybe kind of came immediately to you, or ones that were trickier to either research or figure out how to tell a story about?
The big ones that you might expect, things like wheat and barley, potatoes, chilies, these sorts of things came easily, while making difficult ones engaging was a challenge.
Spike Bucklow, "The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac" (Reaktion Books, 2025)
Q: Is there a particular season or time with which you feel an affinity?
Winter has something to offer, emphasizing transformation that happens in the dark, which I need to appreciate more.
Spike Bucklow, "The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac" (Reaktion Books, 2025)
Q: Why do you choose to begin with Aries?
It represents hope and the emotional aspect of a new beginning, aligning with the start of spring.
Spike Bucklow, "The Year: An Ecology of the Zodiac" (Reaktion Books, 2025)
Q: What led you to write this book?
I realized that what was required was political will, not technical savvy, which influenced my perspective on ecology and inspired the book.
Devika Shankar, "An Encroaching Sea: Nature, Sovereignty and Development at the Edge of British India, 1860-1950" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
Q: What makes Kochi or the Kochin port an important part of your book?
Kochi's port development amid rising environmental concerns provides a unique case to explore the intersection of ecological anxiety and colonial development agendas.

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