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Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve

December 3, 2025

           In this blog, Chris Halsted contextualises his new article in Environment and History(online first December 2025), ‘Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve’, an article he admits it made no sense for him to start writing but which became a ‘letter to the sublime and beautiful weirdness of the … More Germany’s Feral Rheas: Colonialism, Rewilding, and Deep History in the Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve

THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS

November 10, 2025

This blog, exploring ‘how the plastic bag became an iconic symbol of environmental degradation’, republishes a Snapshot by Nils Johansson, originally published in Environment and History (August 2025). The plastic bag is a mundane consumer product. It consists of just one inexpensive material, intended to carry other, more important, items. It is one of those … More THE PLASTIC BAG: FROM A MUNDANE SWEDISH INNOVATION TO THE WORLD’S OCEANS

Plants as a Way In

October 7, 2025

In this blog, linked to her recently published article in Plant Perspectives, entitled BETWEEN GRAZING AND GATHERING: PLANT KNOWLEDGES, BELONGING AND BECOMING IN THE SWISS ALPS, Maria Kernecker explores how plants can provide a way in to a landscape. Through plants, she learned ‘to trust my own observations, the relationships I am entangled in, entering … More Plants as a Way In

ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE 2025 – RUNNER-UP

September 30, 2025

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

The Contested History of the Ecological Indian Trope: Politics of Knowledge in Conservation Science and Anthropology 1990–2000 

September 25, 2025

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 

SHAPING CHANGE FOR DESIRABLE FUTURES

September 5, 2025

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

ESEH / WHITE HORSE PRESS POSTER PRIZE – UPPSALA 2025

August 27, 2025

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

Unearthed: The Power of Gardening, an exhibition at the British Library, London

July 28, 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