Catherine Coleman Flowers returned to Alabama’s Cotton Belt, a place she loves “despite its tortured history,” to continue her career in community and economic development; "Waste" is her motivational memoir of that homecoming. In... Read More
Kazim Ali’s eloquent memoir "Northern Light" reports on the complicated history of a Canadian landscape and its Pimicikamak residents, who endure human-made challenges every day. Ali grew up in Jenpeg, Manitoba, a temporary town that... Read More
If you haven’t read Teen Vogue lately, you might be surprised to learn that pieces about climate change are among its fashion and pop culture pages. Editor Lucy Diavolo collects thirty-one of these impassioned articles and interviews... Read More
When history professor Charles B. Keeney committed to help preserve an important West Virginia landmark, the decision had implications for his job and his privacy; he knew the activism could take a toll in the long term. All of this is... Read More
"Plastic Free" is the remarkable story of how a social media post from an isolated corner of Western Australia grew into a global network of 250 million activists. In 2011, following a visit to a waste sorting facility, Rebecca... Read More
"Finding Our Niche" is a thoughtful environmental proposal that circles ideas of reconciliation and reintegration with nature. Philip A. Loring’s thought-provoking environmental history text, "Finding Our Niche", considers the myths... Read More
Aaron Gilbreath knows that you cannot understand California without understanding its interior. Thus, his travelogue "The Heart of California" explores the misunderstood, troubled, and lovely San Joaquin Valley in search of illumination.... Read More
Challenging dominant narratives, R. E. Burrillo’s playful, fierce, reverent, and sarcastic book covers twelve thousand years of the history of the Bears Ears area, revealing why it has been so important to so many for so long, and why... Read More