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By Sebastián Ureta & Patricio Flores, co-authors of Worlds of Gray and Green: Mineral Extraction as Ecological Practice“We are walking, talking minerals” —V. I. Vernadsky[1]Mineral extraction has a bad reputation nowadays. Decades of relentless extraction of minerals throughout the world

As part of our #ESA2021 virtual conference series, we reached out to co-editors Christopher Lepczyk, Owen Boyle, and Timothy Vargo to discuss their new book, Handbook of Citizen Science in Ecoloy and Conservation. The book is the first practical and comprehensive manual for creating, implementing, o

As part of our #ESA2021 virtual conference series, we reached out to author Adina Merenlender to discuss her new book with Brendan Buhler, Climate Stewardship:Taking Collective Action to Protect California. The book takes readers on a journey to discover that all life is interconnected and shaped by

By Stephen Pyne, author of The Pyrocene: How We Created an Age of Fire, and What Happens NextThis article was originally published in The Arizona Republic, and is reposted here with permission.For the third year running I’ve watched the plumes of megafires from my office window. 2019: Woodbu

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The environmental problems we face will not be solved by one disciplinary approach. It will take big ideas, research, and collaboration from social sciences, humanities, and sciences to find innovative, equitable, and practical solutions to these global issues. We are expanding our offerings in envi