Soil, University, Australian

This is the 248th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.

a white person holding dark soil in their hands

Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (November 29, 2021 – December 5, 2021):

Mike Smith Student Prize for History of Australian Science or Environmental History https://t.co/CdEM9fjc01
— AAHPSSS (@AAHPSSS) November 29, 2021

Monday: “Mike Smith Student Prize,” Australian Academy of Science

Here’s something I wrote for @Orion_Magazine – Postindustrial Wilderness – https://t.co/NeyWQRqDC8
— Michael Garrigan (@m_garrigan) November 30, 2021

Tuesday: “Postindustrial Wilderness” by Michael Garrigan, Orion Magazine

"Governments are making the greatest mistake in human history – driving us towards systemic environmental collapse – and Boris Johnson’s administration is seeking to ensure that there is nothing we can do to stop it." #ClimateCrisis #FreedomToProtest https://t.co/zxmSUdBV45
— Minna Kanerva (@m_kanerva) December 1, 2021

Wednesday: “Jailed for 51 weeks for protesting? Britain is becoming a police state by stealth” by George Monbiot, The Guardian

Fact-checked a @city_bureau article for @SouthSideWeekly that interviews three organizers on the Southeast Side and shares some rich history on the steel mill industry in 20th century Chicago. Teaches us a lot about environmental activism in the city. https://t.co/5BIzS4cam6
— Sky Patterson (@BySkyPatterson) December 2, 2021

Thursday: “Southeast Side Change Agents” by Bridget Vaughn and City Bureau, South Side Weekly

postdoctoral fellowship in black feminist thought…go get it! https://t.co/7xZI1WzzHp
— Katherine McKittrick (@demonicground) December 2, 2021

Friday: “Job Posting: Postdoctoral Fellow,” Queen’s University

"Cultivating imagination means learning from history’s disrupters who made the allegedly impossible palatable … Instead of dismissing “childish” ideas about the world’s future, it means seeing inspiration in children’s imagination": https://t.co/lUA0U9aRZT @sciam
— robintransition (@robintransition) December 4, 2021

Saturday: “To Solve the Environmental Crisis, We Must Foster the Power to Imagine” by Peter Sutoris, Scientific American

#WorldSoilDay | The day aims to raise awareness about soil degradation that is a serious environmental problem, referred to the decline in soil condition

Here's the history, theme; and importance of soil preservation, #SoilDay #SoilHealth https://t.co/dNGkoMVvZA
— Outlook Magazine (@Outlookindia) December 5, 2021

Sunday: “World Soil Day 2021: Why IS Soil Conservation Important,” Outlook