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We much enjoyed supporting the ESEH poster prize at the conference in Uppsala last month. Johannes Ellingsen’s striking poster, which was awarded second prize, impressed the judges with its vibrant colour scheme reflecting the subject and its integration of text into the design in just the right quantity for clarity and impact. A good poster … More ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE 2025 – RUNNER-UP
In this blog to accompany her just-published article ‘The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000’ in Environment and History Rithma Kreie Engelbreth Larsen interrogates the history of the ‘Ecological Indian’ trope and the surrounding debate, which highlights the broader question of the legitimacy of Indigenous … More The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000
In this blog, originally published as the ICEHO pages in Global Environment (June 2025), Alexandra Vlachos introduces the University of Bern’s Master’s programme in Sustainability Transformations: Shaping the change for desirable futures which seeks to open creative space for thoughtful experimentation fostering sustainability transformations.Vlachos concludes ‘We need solid and brave ideas to achieve a more sustainable … More SHAPING CHANGE FOR DESIRABLE FUTURES
It was our pleasure again to sponsor the Poster Prize at the ESEH conference in Uppsala last week. The worthy winners were Andrei Vinogradov and Alexandra Raeva with their poster ‘Melting Mountains’. The poster was both graphically effective, indeed beautiful, and presented information succinctly and in a way that created an overall sense of design: … More ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE – UPPSALA 2025
In this blog, Isis Brook, deputy editor of Plant Perspectives, reviews the exhibition ‘Unearthed: The Power of Gardening’, at the British Library until 10 August 2025. More information on the exhibition can be found here. If you have the opportunity to visit the exhibition do take it. There is surprisingly little on the British Library website … More Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, an exhibition at the British Library, London
In this blog post, Plant Perspectives associate editor Diego Molina reviews the British Library Conference Gardens and Empires, held on 27–28 June 2025. Plant Perspectives‘ Deputy Editor Isis Brook’s report on the linked exhibition will follow soon… On the 27th and 28th of June, the conference Gardens and Empires took place at the British Library in London. … More Gardens and Empires: A Two-Day Conference at the British Library to Unearth the Power Behind Gardens
This blog post republishes the obituary of John Dargavel by Mauro Agnoletti, co-editor in chief of Global Environment, published in Global Environment 18.2 (June 2025). John was a good friend to the White Horse Press, serving on the board of Global Environment and publishing two books with us, Science and Hope (with Elisabeth Johann) and … More Obituary: Dr John Dargavel 1932–2024
In this blog, originally published as a Snapshot in Environment and History (February 2025) Emma L. Verstraete uses the history of the Seward Peninsula in Alaska to demonstrate why using a critical lens on past human modifications across the landscape can provide vital context for modern researchers working in regions that have experienced large volumes … More CONTEXTUALISING EXTRACTIVE LANDSCAPES FOR CLIMATE FORECASTING
In this blog, first published as Snapshot in Environment and History (May 2025), Kelly Hemmings explores how agricultural ‘improvement’ and agrochemicals have shaped and reshaped conceptualisations of arable plants (crops, wildflowers, weeds) in British fields since the 1750s. Introduction Arable plants, such as Cornflower (Centaurea cyanus), are the wild species that grow on cultivated land, … More ‘THIS DISAGREEABLE WEED’: ARABLE PLANT CONSERVATION MAY BENEFIT FROM HISTORICAL PUBLICATION INSIGHTS
Mykyta Peregrym’s essay, originally published in Plant Perspectives 2.1 (April 2025) explores the profound and intricate connections between personal memories and birch trees throughout the author’s life, from the Soviet Union and Ukraine to Finnish Lapland, intertwining the author’s childhood experiences, family history and adult reflections with birch trees functioning as poignant symbols of continuity … More A BIRCH MEMORY WEB
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