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20/10/2026

We just added this recently published piece by Zimu Zhang to our Multimedia Library.

You can read it for free at https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/frogs-anthropocene-story-ecofeminist-reading-delta-amphibiousness-through-novel-chao-xi-tu

An article by former Landhaus Fellow Zimu Zhang has been published in the current issue of 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. “A Frog’s Anthropocene Story” offers an ecofeminist reading of Lin Zhao’s novel 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘰 𝘟𝘪 𝘛𝘶 (Tidal atlas), informed by delta anthropology and migrant ecologies, to explore the multifaceted amphibiousness and multispecies worlding of the Pearl River Delta in southern China in the early nineteenth century. The article grew out of research developed during Zimu’s fellowship with us.

The article is available open access in 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 or in the Environment & Society Portal Multimedia Library: https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/18/2/247/411789/A-Frog-s-Anthropocene-StoryAn-Ecofeminist-Reading?fbclid=IwY2xjawVEUohleHRuA2FlbQIxMABwZG9mBHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzUxNDc3MTU2OTIyODA2MQABHudM-GtboD34nb5oAyBg-HdO34Q2Fcj0DFXskKj90I_tnc0oIFGJelb5fpW8_aem_3TelmSDQlR_8xlplQPlf1g

07/08/2026

We just added a PDF of the full book: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/climate-crisis-challenge-humanities-reader

An excerpt from the reader 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, which will be published with De Gruyter Brill this year, is now available on the Portal.

Read it here: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/climate-crisis-challenge-humanities-reader



Cover © De Gruyter Brill. All rights reserved.

28/07/2026

An excerpt from the reader 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, which will be published with De Gruyter Brill this year, is now available on the Portal.

Read it here: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/climate-crisis-challenge-humanities-reader



Cover © De Gruyter Brill. All rights reserved.

24/07/2026

𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘗𝘰𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 by Dan Wylie (professor emeritus at Rhodes University) is now available for download on the Portal.

The book explores the environment-themed poetry of //Kabbo, Roy Campbell, N. H. Brettell, Sydney Clouts, Ruth Miller, Douglas Livingstone, and John Eppel.

Download full book: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/seven-south-african-poets-and-natural-world



Cover © 2026 Dan Wylie and Atelier Books Ltd. All rights reserved.

17/07/2026

Former Rachel Carson Center colleague Anna Antonova's new book, 𝘈 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘏𝘰𝘱𝘦: 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴, is now available for download on the Portal: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/discipline-hope-environmental-humanities-time-crisis



Cover: © 2026 Oekom and Anna Antonova. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

24/06/2026

New book excerpt available on the Portal! Roberto L. Lenton writes about scientific and policy response to global water insecurity.

Read it here: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/confronting-water-insecurity-global-institutions-and-transformation-water-science-policy-and

Excerpt from Confronting Water Insecurity: Global Institutions and the Transformation of Water Science, Policy, and Practice by Roberto L. Lenton.

11/06/2026

New book profile now available on the Environment & Society Portal!

Read an excerpt from Michael W. Childers’ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, which will come out with the University of Nebraska Press 1 July 2026: https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/mountains-are-calling-tourists-and-unmaking-yosemite-national-park

𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 tells a more complete story of the park’s past to make sense of tourism’s environmental costs.

Excerpt from The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park by Michael W. Childers.

15/05/2026

New in Arcadia: Karel Šima writes about how interwar nature conservation in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (then in Checkoslovakia) created conditions for the research of Albert Pilát, which came to shape modern mycology and forest awareness.

Read the article “Forest Conservation and the Exploration of Carpathian Fungi” for free on the Environment & Society Portal (link in our bio).

07/05/2026

An excerpt from David Benac's 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘙𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘴 (University of Nebraska Press) is now available in the Portal Multimedia Library. The book provides unparalleled insight in the Rainforest Action Network, which emerged in 1985.

https://www.environmentandsociety.org/mml/rainforest-radicals-history-rainforest-action-network-and-transnational-organizing

Excerpt from Rainforest Radicals: A History of Rainforest Action Network and Transnational Organizing by David Benac.