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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.

How does the celebrated author of the new story collection "Florida" write books in a poisoned, warming world? "By being constantly, constantly angry. All day long." The post Why All Fiction Should Be Climate Fiction: A Conversation with Lauren Groff appeared first on Edge Effects.

Two geographers, co-editors of the new volume Historical Animal Geographies, discuss how the animals around us shape our histories, our environments, and the stories we tell about the world. The post The Animals’ Guide to History: A Conversation with Stephanie Rutherford and Shari Wilcox appeared first on Edge Effects.

Astronauts love growing plants in space, and it turns out there are benefits for us on Earth. Botanist Simon Gilroy discusses his experiments growing cotton in zero gravity. The post Gardening in Outer Space: A Conversation with Simon Gilroy appeared first on Edge Effects.

The Flint water crisis is not over. Anna Clark’s new book tells the history of how we got here and how lead is here to stay. The post The Water’s Not Fine: A Conversation with Anna Clark appeared first on Edge Effects.

A historian implicates the canning industry in the rise of the industrial food system and our current public health crisis. And yet, she says, maligning canned food is not the answer. The post What Canned Food Stands For: A Conversation with Anna Zeide appeared first on Edge Effects.

What is the relationship between American agriculture and democracy? In this lively interview, Jess Gilbert and Pete Daniel get to the root of their disagreement over the role of the state and debate what effects the writing of agricultural history has on policy making. The post In Search of a Democratic Agrarian Tradition: A Conversation with Pete Daniel and Jess Gilbert appeared first on Edge Effects.