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How do the minerals in your phone place you within global flows of extraction? Gabrielle Hecht discusses uranium mining in Gabon, sea rise in the Marshall Islands, and the geopolitics of an African Anthropocene.

The post How Extraction Fuels the Anthropocenes: A Conversation with Gabrielle Hecht appeared first on Edge Effects.

When you venture into the great unknown, you often have to rely on the generosity of strangers. Eddy Harris reflects on race and outdoor recreation, ecological conservation, and the elusive idea of America as he discusses his film, River to the Heart.

The post Navigating Race on the Mississippi River: A Conversation with Eddy Harris appeared first on Edge Effects.

Protecting animals can mean protecting people, too. Two attorneys weigh in on the state of animal law and discuss their nonprofit organization that shelters pets of those escaping domestic abuse.

The post Animal Law for Social Justice: A Conversation with Pamela Hart and Megan Senatori appeared first on Edge Effects.

"We can't contain water." Feminist philosopher Astrida Neimanis discusses the environmental inequalities and queer rhythms of the elusive fluid.

The post Our Waters, Our Selves: A Conversation with Astrida Neimanis appeared first on Edge Effects.

Mainstream environmental discourse often employs emotions like fear, guilt, and outrage. But what about irony, humor, and irreverence? What feelings and what people get left out of environmentalism when we have such a limited emotional range?

The post Feeling Kinky about Environmentalism: A Conversation with Nicole Seymour appeared first on Edge Effects.

A historian planned a small study of cigarette culture. But she ended up uncovering a transnational network of seeds, plants, knowledge, and racist ideologies, and writing a book that transforms how we conceive of corporations and empire.

The post Tobacco’s World of Racial Capitalism: A Conversation with Nan Enstad appeared first on Edge Effects.

Last week's IPCC report sunk the spirits of many. But one veteran activist, with no time for despair, still believes in the power of citizens.

The post Creating the Climate Voter: A Conversation with Tia Nelson appeared first on Edge Effects.

With Aldo Leopold, Lao Tzu, and the trickster Coyote as his guides through the city, a writer explores how to live well with beavers, falcons, and the urban wilderness.

The post Urban Wilds and Modern Mythology: A Conversation with Gavin Van Horn appeared first on Edge Effects.

How is the musical history of animal imitation caught up in racism, sexism, and imperialist nostalgia? From classical music to whistling, this conversation explores the art and ethics of imitating, recording, and selling the sounds of the nonhuman world.

The post The Marketplace of Environmental Sounds appeared first on Edge Effects.

The historian who wrote the book on a half millennium of Caribbean hurricanes turns to the still-unfolding disaster in Puerto Rico.

The post The Unlearned Lesson of Hurricane Maria: A Conversation with Stuart Schwartz appeared first on Edge Effects.