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Making things right in the face of climate change demands that colonialism, race, and gender take center stage in the story of capitalism.

The post The Case for Ecological Reparations: A Conversation with Jason W. Moore appeared first on Edge Effects.

Fertilizers, computers, gasoline, and other parts of our everyday lives come from irreplaceable deposits found in the Earth. But how long will they last?

The post The Fragile Society We’ve Built from Rocks: A Conversation With Gregory Cushman appeared first on Edge Effects.

The author of "The Hamlet Fire" discusses a deadly blaze at a chicken-processing facility and the logics of cheapness which provided the kindling.

The post How’d We Get So Cheap? A Conversation with Bryant Simon appeared first on Edge Effects.

The author of "The Mushroom at the End of the World" is back with another exploration of how humans and non-humans will make their lives in the ruins of modernity.

The post The Best of End Times: A Conversation with Anna Tsing appeared first on Edge Effects.

A new history of the Ghost Dance shows Native Americans preparing to live within industrial capitalism and impoverished landscapes without succumbing to assimilation.

The post A History Buried at Wounded Knee: A Conversation with Louis Warren appeared first on Edge Effects.

An important new essay collection avoids the old arguments about wilderness and instead offers 26 meditations on living well in our places.

The post The Wild Bunch: A Conversation with Curt Meine and Gavin Van Horn appeared first on Edge Effects.

We know nature is good for our brains. Can buildings be, too? A preeminent architectural critic calls for a radical shift in how we design the places where we live, work, and play.

The post The (Built) Environmental Revolution: A Conversation with Sarah Williams Goldhagen appeared first on Edge Effects.

The French composer Olivier Messaien attempted to reproduce the calls of 80 European birds in a three-hour piece for solo piano. Did he succeed?

The post Can a Piano Sing a Birdsong? appeared first on Edge Effects.

The author of the new book "Apollo in the Age of Aquarius" shows how NASA shaped, and was shaped by, 1960s environmentalism, feminism, conservatism, counterculture, antiwar protests, and the black freedom struggle.

The post NASA and the Explosive 1960s: A Conversation with Neil Maher appeared first on Edge Effects.

When the mines closed throughout Wisconsin's Gogebic Range, its population collapsed. But many left their hearts there. Now some are even moving back.

The post Love for Home in a Place Industry Left Behind appeared first on Edge Effects.