This is the 258th 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. 

Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (February 7, 2022 – February 13, 2022):

Monday: “The origins of environmental justice—and why it’s finally getting the attention it deserves” by Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic

Tuesday: “1910 Artist’s conception of how a video call would look like in 2000,” Blonde Brain Power

Wednesday: “Curator Rachel Seidman Preserves History of Women Environmental Activists in Greater D.C.,” Because of Her Story, Smithsonian

Thursday: “Black History Month week 2: Environmental activists” by Berit Thorson, Citizens’ Climate Lobby

Friday: “Harvard Statements February 10, 2022,” Media Relations, Harvard University

https://twitter.com/PSLSanDiego/status/1492353100463493122?s=20&t=Oo1ssuyPEWcLlDLfWpld0Q

Saturday: “Decades-long environmental catastrophe in Imperial Beach, California” by Huitzilopochtli Marron and Sombra Curiel, Liberation

Sunday:  “History of Environmental Justice,” Sierra Club

Top Words

  1. environmental
  2. justice
  3. communities
  4. Black
  5. people
  6. climate
  7. history
  8. Environmental
  9. water
  10. community
  11. pollution
environmental justice communities

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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