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Editor Spotlight: Interview with A People’s Guide Series Co-Editor Laura Pulido
Apr 09 2021
Tourism is one of the largest and most profitable industries in the world today. Yet the vast majority of tourist guidebooks focus on a small, elite segment of the population and encourage consumption and spectacle as the primary way to experience a place. These representations do not reflect the re
Author Spotlight: Q&A with Julie Guthman, author of award-winning Wilted
Apr 08 2021
As part of our #AAG2021 virtual conference series, we reached out to author Julie Guthman to discuss her award-winning book, Wilted, and our Critical Environments: Nature, Science, and Politics series.Julie Guthman is Professor of Social Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her
Editor Spotlight: Meet Stacy Eisenstark, Environmental Studies Editor
Apr 06 2021
This post of part of our UC Press Editor Spotlight Series.For this year’s Ecological Society of America virtual conference, we connected with UC Press Environmental Studies Editor Stacy Eisenstark to talk about our program and what new projects she’s most excited about. Stacy also shares how she
Why Tackling Environmental Crises Requires Challenging Big Tech Power
Apr 01 2021
By Bram Büscher, author of The Truth about Nature: Environmentalism in the Era of Post-Truth Politics and Platform CapitalismThis post is part of our #AAG2021 virtual conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more and get 40% off the book.Environmental organizations have become f
How to Manage Climate Anxiety and Carry On: A Virtual Conversation with Sarah Jaquette Ray
Apr 22 2020
How can we effectively combat climate change while grappling with feelings of powerlessness and despair? This is one of the key questions author Sarah Jaquette Ray, professor of environmental studies at Humboldt State University, seeks to answer in her new book, A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety.