Comps Notes: Hays’ Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here.  Conservation and the Gospel of Efficiency: The Progressive Conservation Movement, 1890-1920 Samuel P. Hays In Conservation …

Charlie, Environmental, One

This is the sixty-sixth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (May 28 – June 3, 2018): Sunday #WordCloud!!! Bison, Canadian, Sterlite https://t.co/oZGD30nHXP #envhist #envhum …

Environmental, Said, B.C

This is the forty-ninth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (January 29– February 4, 2018): https://twitter.com/HowStuffWorks/status/957660680211099650 Monday: “Scientists Identify Third-Largest Eruption in Earth’s History” …

Capacity, Water, Hampton

This is the thirty-third post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (October 9– October 15, 2017): How a Rialto water plant may make environmental …

Environmental History Worth Reading in April 2015

Every month I choose five environmental history articles/podcasts/videos and other media that I think are worth reading. To see my full list and comments, visit the original post on the Network in Canadian History and Environment’s website. My accompanying video with Sean Kheraj is below: