Category: Environment
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Mapping Opportunity
Written by Rachel Lamb // I recently decided I was comfortable calling myself a “geographer.” Although a lesser known discipline in the United States, geography’s origins stretch back at least two thousand years to ancient Greek scholarship, with contemporary integration into academia throughout the 18th century. But what do geographers today do? One primary role…
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Beach Boys: How a Brit and a Group of Arawak Hunters Taught Me to See People as Human
Written by Johanna Depenthal // An observer on a moonlit spring night in 1964 on the coast of the South American country now known as Guyana might have been surprised to spy a tall, young British man moving silently and determinedly down remote Shell Beach. Also patrolling the beach, though with a very different aim,…
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Environmental Justice as Peacemaking
Written by Luke Overstreet // “Loving kindness and truth meet together; Righteousness and peace kiss each other. Truth springs from the earth, And righteousness looks down from heaven.” Psalm 85:10 I still remember the first time that I ever read Psalm 85. I was sitting under a neem tree near my family’s home in Nouakchott,…
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Cultivating an “Agri-culture” of Justice
Written by Gretchen Rops // Agriculture is unique. Is there any other discipline that so effortlessly combines science and art? Care for the environment and care for people? Occupation and lifestyle? The potential for agriculture to promote justice is immense. Justice mandates that all people be fed. Justice mandates that the earth be cared for…
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Theme Overview: Protecting the Vulnerable, Protecting the Planet
As countries and scientists scramble to protect the planet from unchecked greed and negligence, cries for social justice ring out in streets across the world. While it may seem these two battles are separate, those working in environmental fields know the impact that their work has on the peoples of the world and are striving…
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