Monarchs of the Great Plains: Plant Power and Colonial Legacies in North America
17 minutes
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by Sumana Roy
1 minute
Sumana Roy’s “Earthworm” is a tribute to the worms beneath our feet, serving as a reminder of the wondrous power and fragility in the everyday....Power Poverty: Energy Injustice in South Africa
12 minutes
Reflecting on his arrival in Johannesburg from the Eastern Cape in 1941, Nelson Mandela recalled, “We saw before us, glinting in the distance, a maze ...The Poor Woods of Northern Nigeria
13 minutes
I have loved trees since childhood. Mother said she was sitting under a mango tree when her water broke and I was to be born. She carried me as a baby...Why I Sleep Outside
by Elin Kelsey
7 minutes
I can’t quite remember when I first pulled a camping mat and sleeping bag under my covered back deck and hunkered down for the night. That makeshift a...Coal, War, and Peace in Twentieth-Century Europe
14 minutes
Oil is sexy. Coal, on the other hand, is boring. When we think of oil, we think of wars and military coups, dubious secret services, international cor...