{"id":17347,"date":"2022-04-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/?p=17347"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:17:32","slug":"celebrating-earth-day-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/celebrating-earth-day-2","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Earth Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\"\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Celebrated April 22nd, Earth Day<\/a> marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. For this year’s theme and more information visit www.earthday.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In joining the celebration, Berghahn Books is pleased to offer a selection of our Open Access<\/a> titles on Environmental Studies. Berghahn Journals is also offering\u00a0full access<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Nature and Culture<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the back issues of our two open access journals, Environment and Society<\/a><\/em> & Regions and Cohesion<\/a>,<\/em> until\u00a0May 6, 2024<\/strong>. See below for details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Read OPEN ACCESS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

THE ANTHROPOSCENE OF WEATHER AND CLIMATE<\/a>
Ethnographic Contributions to the Climate Change Debate<\/strong>
Edited by Paul Sillitoe
Afterword by David Shankland<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it is widely acknowledged that climate change is among the greatest global challenges of our times, it has local implications too.  This volume forefronts these local issues, giving anthropology a voice in this great debate, which is otherwise dominated by natural scientists and policy makers.  It shows what an ethnographic focus can offer in furthering our understanding of the lived realities of climate debates. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Cooling<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

COOLING DOWN<\/a>
Local Responses to Global Climate Change<\/strong>
Edited by Susanna M. Hoffman, Thomas Hylland Eriksen, and Paulo Mendes
Afterword by Hans Baer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is a remarkable read for three reasons. First, the breadth of topics addressed, second, the tacking back and forth from the micro to the macro perspective, and third, the particular attention paid in many of the chapters to concrete actions that could, if taken, help ameliorate the devastating consequences of climate change.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Steve Kroll-Smith<\/strong>, University of North Carolina <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Times<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

TIMES OF HISTORY, TIMES OF NATURE<\/a>
Temporalization and the Limits of Modern Knowledge<\/strong>
Edited by Anders Ekstr\u00f6m & Staffan Bergwik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As climate change becomes an increasingly important part of public discourse, the relationship between time in nature and history is changing. Nature can no longer be considered a slow and immobile background to human history, and the future can no longer be viewed as open and detached from the past. Times of History, Times of Nature<\/em> engages with this historical shift in temporal sensibilities through a combination of detailed case studies and synthesizing efforts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Indigenous<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

INDIGENOUS RESURGENCE<\/a>
Decolonialization and Movements for Environmental Justice<\/strong>
Edited by Jaskiran Dhillon<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By reminding us of the fundamental importance of placing Indigenous politics, histories, and ontologies at the center of our social movements, Indigenous Resurgence<\/em> positions environmental justice within historical, social, political, and economic contexts, exploring the troubling relationship between colonial and environmental violence and reframing climate change and environmental degradation through an anticolonial lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Contextualizing<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

CONTEXTUALIZING DISASTER<\/a><\/strong>
Edited by Gregory V. Button and Mark Schuller<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>Contextualizing Disaster makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the social construction of disasters by contextualizing them in novel and diverse ways\u2026 The eight book chapters offer new and innovative analysis of recent disasters that to varying degrees are all translocal, and each chapter is carried by its own \u201cnarrative.\u201d\u2026 The book is providing fresh impetus not only for disaster scholars but also for DRR institutions and media.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Anthropos<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Delta<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

DELTA LIFE<\/a>
Exploring Dynamic Environments where Rivers Meet the Sea<\/strong>
Edited by Franz Krause and Mark Harris<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis volume does more than assemble ethnographic studies of delta inhabitants from around the world. It weaves their experience into a sustained reflection on life in a volatile world of islands, reedbeds, coasts and swamps, a world ever made, unmade and remade, as much by spirits as by people, and as much by states and markets as by the elements of air, earth and water.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Tim Ingold<\/strong>, University of Aberdeen <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read FULL TEXT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Of Related Interest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Embracing<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

EMBRACING LANDSCAPE<\/a>
Living with Reindeer and Hunting among Spirits in South Siberia<\/strong>
Selcen K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00fcstel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examining human-animal relations among the reindeer hunting and herding Dukha community in northern Mongolia, this book focuses on concepts such as domestication and wildness from an indigenous perspective. By looking into hunting rituals and herding techniques, the ethnography questions the dynamics between people, domesticated reindeer, and wild animals.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Engaging<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

ENGAGING ENVIRONMENTS IN TONGA<\/a>
Cultivating Beauty and Nurturing Relations in a Changing World<\/strong>
Arne Aleksej Perminow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On March 11, 2011, a tsunami warning was issued for Tonga in Polynesia. On the low and small island of Kotu, people were unperturbed in the face of impending catastrophe. The book starts out from the puzzle of peoples\u2019 responses and reactions to this warning as well as their attitudes to a gradual rise of sea level and questions why people seemed so unconcerned about this and the accompanying loss of land. The book is an ethnography of the relationship between people and their environment based on fieldwork over three decades. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"The<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

THE RUSSIAN COLD<\/a>
Histories of Ice, Frost, and Snow<\/strong>
Edited by Julia Herzberg, Andreas Renner, and Ingrid Schierle<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis collection foregrounds one of Russia\u2019s most distinctive natural features: the cold. Together the contributions advance comparative climate history in new directions by attending not only to place, period, and politics, but to an even more fundamental condition of the human experience.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Andy Bruno<\/strong>, Northern Illinois University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Constructing<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

CONSTRUCTING RISK<\/a>
Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment<\/strong>
Stephen O. Bender<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe expertise and experience of the author stands out throughout this book, particularly in its focus on the built environment and disaster\u2026 Hopefully, the book will encourage new thinking among all those whose first pivot in planning and development, whether before or after a sudden-onset disaster, is to build more, bigger, and faster.\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Jane Henrici<\/strong>, Consulting Senior Researcher and Gender Advisor, World Bank-Haiti and Lecturer, George Washington University <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"Hazardous<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS<\/a>
Agents of Risk and Change, 1800-2000<\/strong>
Edited by Ernst Homburg and Elisabeth Vaupel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHomburg and Vaupel provide an excellent review of the industrial development of eight chemical substances that have emerged as problematic agents to global public health and the environment since the dawn of the industrial revolution\u2026the language here is non-technical, and each chapter provides extensive footnotes and references\u2026Recommended\u201d<\/em> \u2022 Choice<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read Introduction<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a full selection of titles please visit our Environmental Studies subject webpage<\/a>. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Of Related Interest From Berghahn Journals<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Both\u00a0Environment and Society<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Regions and Cohesion<\/em><\/a>\u00a0are Open Access starting with Volume 12. Berghahn is offering\u00a0full access<\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0Nature and Culture<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and the back issues of our two open access journals until\u00a0May 6, 202<\/strong>4\u00a0To access, use code\u00a0EARTH24<\/strong>. View redemption instructions.<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Featured Articles on Climate<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

A part of the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>Berghahn Open Anthro<\/a>\u00a0Collection!<\/em><\/strong>
ENVIRONMENT AND SOCIETY<\/a> <\/strong>
Volume 14: Flood and Fire<\/em><\/a>

<\/a>Black as Drought: Arid Landscapes and Ecologies of Encounter Across the African Diaspora<\/a><\/em>
Brittany Mach\u00e9\u00a0(Vol. 13) <\/a>

Volume 12: Pollution and Toxicity: Cultivating Ecological Practices for Troubled Times<\/em><\/a>

<\/a>Navigating Shifting Regimes of Ocean Governance: From UNCLOS to Sustainable Development Goal 14<\/a> <\/em>
Ana K. Spalding and Ricardo de Ycaza\u00a0(Vol. 11)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Settler Colonialism, Ecology, and Environmental Injustice<\/a> <\/em>
Kyle Whyte\u00a0(Vol. 9)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Now Open Access!<\/em>
REGIONS AND COHESION<\/a> <\/strong>
Understanding the carbon monoxide threat in the South China Sea<\/a>
Yoga Suharman, Sadewa Purba Sejati, and Iman Amirullah (Vol. 13, Issue 3)<\/a>

Water cooperation within West Africa’s major transboundary river basins
<\/a>Miguel Roy Whitehead Dos Santos (Vol. 13, Issue 2)<\/a>

Quality political participation and the SDGs in African small island developing states<\/a>
<\/em>Suzanne Graham and Victoria Graham\u00a0(Vol. 9, Issue 2)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environmental governance in the EU-Latin American relationship<\/a> <\/em>
Roberto Dominguez (Vol. 5, Issue 3)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\"\"<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

NATURE AND CULTURE<\/a> <\/strong>
Financing the Climate: How the Process of Financialization Changes the Relationship between CO2 Emissions and GDP per Capita
<\/a>Patrick Trent Greiner, Julius Alexander McGee, and Ethan P. Gibbons (Vol. 19, Issue 1)<\/a>

Climatization and Declimatization: Climate Advocacy in Social Sectors<\/a>
Katja M\u00fcller, James Goodman, Pradip Swarnakar, and Mareike Pampus (Vol. 19, Issue 1)<\/a>

\u201cYou Can’t Even Predict the Rain Anymore\u201d: A Case Study on the Importance of Environmental Factors in the Migration Biographies of Moroccan Immigrants in Belgium<\/a>
Loubna Ou-Salah, Lore Van Praag, and Gert Verschraegen (Vol. 18, Issue 2)<\/a>

<\/strong>Scientist Warning on Why you Should Consume Less; Even if Wider Society Doesn\u2019t<\/a>
<\/em>Peter M. Haswell\u00a0(Vol. 16, Issue 3)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Narratives of Socioecological Transition: The Case of the Transition Network in Portugal<\/a>
<\/em>Vera Ferreira and Ant\u00f3nio Carvalho (Vol. 16, Issue 2)<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n

To view the full list of issues, please visit the <\/strong>website<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Content is exclusively for the user’s individual, personal, non-commercial use.<\/a> View full terms and conditions.<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrated April 22nd, Earth Day marks the anniversary of what many consider the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. For this year’s theme and more information visit www.earthday.org. In joining… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[656,299,107,338,1778,266,1785,294,1371,789,241,1794,1740,349,439,1610,207,987,1609,110,734,1771,550,1783,1138,1601,204,1779,183,654,1745],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17347"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19584,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17347\/revisions\/19584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.berghahnbooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}