Author: 
Andrew Watson
Reviewer: 
Rowan Sky

Sky on Watson, 'Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920'

Andrew Watson. Making Muskoka: Tourism, Rural Identity, and Sustainability, 1870–1920. Nature | History | Society Series. Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2022. Illustrations, maps. 242 pp. $89.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7748-6783-2.

Reviewed by Rowan Sky (University of Toronto) Published on H-Environment (April, 2023) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

Author: 
Gonzalo Lizarralde
Reviewer: 
Christine Keiner

Keiner on Lizarralde, 'Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed'

Gonzalo Lizarralde. Unnatural Disasters: Why Most Responses to Risk and Climate Change Fail but Some Succeed. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021. 328 pp. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-19810-3

Author: 
Meng Zhang
Reviewer: 
Javier Poveda Figueroa

Figueroa on Zhang, 'Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market'

Meng Zhang. Timber and Forestry in Qing China: Sustaining the Market. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2021. 280 pp. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-295-74887-0.

Reviewed by Javier Poveda Figueroa (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Published on H-Environment (February, 2022) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)

MA Program African Sustainable Communities in the African Studies Program at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

 “African Sustainable Communities” is an exciting MA program that includes a year of study at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel, followed by the implementation of a three-month project in a local community in Africa.  The program targets students from a wide range of disciplines, and aims to create a community of diverse interest and vibrant dialogue around questions of community development and sustainability.

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