The Guardian at 200: A History of the Environment
A fascinating two-part lecture that dissects the evolution of our relationship with climate language, and explores critical questions about where the conversation is heading, with Sverker Sörlin and Fiona Harvey.
Online workshop
Times: 6pm - 8.30pm (BST)
Guardian Masterclasses - Fiona Harvey & Sverker Sörlin Photograph: Fiona Harvey & Sverker Sörlin
Tue 20 Apr 2021 06.50 EDT
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In times of climate crisis, where we source our information and what we do with it can be critical. In this lecture-style workshop, part of a programme of events and masterclasses marking the 200th anniversary of The Guardian, two experts invite you to explore how historical research into the changing environment has influenced today’s reporting of the climate crisis.
Yes, Tin Lizzie Was An Alcoholic - Newly Updated
1911 Model T Touring - photo by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden
Correcting Bad Revisionist History About Ford s Multi-Fuel Model T Automobile
Great essay!
Douglas Brinkley, Professor of History, Rice University; author of Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress
By Marc J. Rauch
Marc Rauch
The most venerated automobile of all time is Henry Ford s Model T. Nicknamed Tin Lizzie, Leapin Lena, and sometimes Flivver, the Model T went into production
in 1908 and the last models rolled off the assembly line in 1927. The vehicle was a success everywhere in the world it was sold because it made owning a car affordable to the masses for the first time.
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Umbanhowar to deliver spring Mellby lecture on the ecology of fire
Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Charles Umbanhowar Jr. will deliver the 2021 spring Mellby Lecture on March 16.
St. Olaf College Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies Charles Umbanhowar Jr. will deliver this year’s spring Mellby Lecture, titled “Future, Present, Past? Reconstructing the Ecological History of Fire Using Charcoal.”
The virtual talk will take place on Tuesday, March 16, at 7:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The lecture will be streamed and archived online.
In his lecture, Umbanhowar will explore how human actions and the natural world impact instances of fire, and vice versa. “One of the questions I will be addressing is how climate impacts fire and more specifically what combination of wet or dry years results in more burning,” Umbanhowar says. “I am especially interested in thinking about how fires have impacted the distribution of fo
Melanie Kistnasamy ’22 Makes a Global Impact Locally
The Gustavus junior s quest for environmentalism has taken her from Mauritius to the Minnesota River Valley.
Posted on March 3rd, 2021 by News Office
by Heidi Newbauer ’06
When she was young, Gustavus Adolphus College junior Melanie Kistnasamy would spend hours in the small forest nestled in her neighbor’s back yard. The environment of her home country, the island of Mauritius, is full of mountain ranges, coral reefs, shallow lagoons, and white coral sand beaches that meet the Indian Ocean. “Growing up, I was always a nature person and developed an immense appreciation and love for the environment.”