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CreatureKind, Jewish Initiative for Animals, & Unitarian Universalist Animal Ministry invite you to an important interfaith panel on the impact of individual actions and the collective power of community, and how we can come together to work towards a more just food system for animals, people, and the Earth.
In order to develop a reputation as a respected authority in your field, you need a deep understanding of how to formulate a compelling research question that fills a critical knowledge gap. By investing time in developing a smart research question at the outset, you can increase your chances of producing novel and impactful research.
In this pre-recorded webinar, run by ALE in collaboration with Edanz, global publishing expert Dr. Julian Tang gives actionable tips on how to take your research question to the next level.
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Call for Proposals
Deadline: 27 March 2023
Hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society
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Applications are invited for a funded PhD studentship at the School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen’s University Belfast, addressing the broad theme of environmental history.
Kathleen P. Hunt, Gregg B. Walker, Stephen P. Depoe, eds.
Breaking Boundaries: Innovative Practices in Environmental Communication and Public Participation.
SUNY Series in Environmental Governance: Local-Regional-Global Interactions. Albany: SUNY Press, 2019. Illustrations. 320 pp.
$95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4384-7705-3. 
Gary Bohan.
Sharkey: When Sea Lions Were Stars of Show Business.
Excelsior Editions. Albany: Excelsior Editions, 2022. 316 pp.
$24.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4384-8712-0.
Max Liboiron, Josh Lepawsky.
Discard Studies: Wasting, Systems, and Power.
Cambridge: MIT Press, 2022. 224 pp.
$30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-262-54365-1.
Reviewed by Ramya Swayamprakash (Grand Valley State University) Published on H-Environment (February, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
Vivien Gornitz. Vanishing Ice: Glaciers, Ice Sheets, and Rising Seas. New York: Columbia University Press, 2019. Illustrations. 400 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-16824-3.
Reviewed by Jean de Pomereu (Scott Polar Research Institute) Published on H-Environment (January, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
C. Thomas Shay.
Under Prairie Skies: The Plants and Native Peoples of the Northern Plains.
Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2022. 312 pp.
$29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-1-4962-2338-8.
Dear Colleagues:
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Andy Horowitz's Katrina: A History, 1915-2015. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: Katrina: A History, 1915-2015
Author: Andy Horowitz
Commenters: Robin McDowell, Craig Colten, Lynnell Thomas, Leslie M. Harris
Dear Colleagues:
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Thomas M. Lekan's Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: Our Gigantic Zoo: A German Quest to Save the Serengeti
Author: Thomas M. Lekan
Commentators: Chris Conte, Corinna Treitel, Jeff Schauer, Julie Weiskopf
Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting
Dear Colleagues-
I am pleased to announce a new editon of H-Environment Roundtables featuring Andrew A. Robichaud's Animal City: The Domestication of America. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Roundtable Review vol. 11 no. 1 (2022)
Title: Animal City: The Domestication of America
Author: Andrew A. Robichaud
Commentators: Dawn Biehler, Frederick L. Brown, Joshua Specht, and Joanna Dean
Editor: Kara Murphy Schlichting
Dear Colleagues:
Announcing a new edition of H-Environment Roundtable Reviews, featuring Perrin Selcer's The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment: How the United Nations Built Spaceship Earth. Please enjoy and distribute widely.
Title: The Postwar Origins of the Global Environment: How the United Nations Built Spaceship Earth
Author: Perrin Selcer
Commenters: Megan Black, Sabine Höhler, Thomas Robertson, Libby Robin
