NiCHE
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NiCHE (Network in Canadian History and Environment) is a blog that explores the intersection of history and the environment. Discover articles on environmental history research, historical perspectives on environmental issues, and the role of history in shaping environmental policy. NiCHE aims to foster dialogue and understanding of the historical context of environmental challenges.
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2d ago
Eugène Huzar warned that industrial science-driven growth threatened Earth's balance, advocating global oversight but recognizing its limits, foreseeing degrowth's necessity ..read more
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3d ago
Through a series of case studies from Ukraine and other regions worldwide, the speakers examine the lasting environmental consequences of war, conflict, and disaster and address how the ongoing war in Ukraine has shaped environmental research, influenced scholarly discourse, and highlighted the growing need to understand ecological damage in the context of war ..read more
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4d ago
CASTOR is an experimental typeface inspired by beaver toothmarks, exploring speculative, non-anthropocentric storytelling and multispecies entanglements through visual language experimentation ..read more
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5d ago
McMaster University moved Ancaster Creek in the 1960s for parking. Jessica van Horssen's students researched its history and created a StoryMap ..read more
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1w ago
20 March 2025 - This year’s Canada’s History Forum explores how history and education can help us understand and address environmental challenges ..read more
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1w ago
In 1975, Canada fiercely defended the beaver as its national symbol against New York state's attempt to claim it as their own ..read more
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1w ago
Throughout the 19th century, countless numbers of communities had to address, confront, and adapt to changing notions of appropriate interactions between states, lands, and landowners. This piece examines responses to these changes from communities in a hilly area of Central Europe within the 19th century Kingdom of Hungary ..read more
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1w ago
Find butterfly smuggling, mercury contamination, and pollinators in the latest list of environmental history from Jessica DeWItt ..read more
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1w ago
Environments of Exile explores forced migration's environmental dimensions, examining refugees' adaptation, survival, and knowledge in unfamiliar landscapes, with historical and contemporary relevance ..read more
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2w ago
In the 1800s, European beavers were nearly extinct, so Sweden’s Skansen zoo imported Canadian beavers instead. Efforts later reintroduced European beavers ..read more